μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • N. Am. IndianThompson CColl II 388.
  • general *Type 707
  • general BP II 380ff., *393
Within the index

Filed under Overheard (human) conversation.

Filed beside it
Overheard boast about hidden money brings about robberyRobbers' plans overheard: owner warnedSecret formula for opening treasure mountain overheard from robbers (Open Sesame)Secret remedies learned from green-clad womanHusband learns of wife's fidelity through conversation overheardSecret about prince's father learned by eavesdropper from his mother's talking to himFriend lingering in the kitchen learns of friend's distress and helps himLocation of sought object learned from overheard conversationBy hiding, stupid son overhears conversation and claims magic power for bamboo cupServant overhearing conversation realizes the misery of his employmentMen hear father threaten to marry daughters to first comers
Travels with
Foolish boasts get man into trouble. Man boasts to boss that his brother can do twice the work he does. The boss hires him. The two brothers tell him their father can do as much work in a day as the boys can do in a week. The boss fires them, tells them to send their father to work for him. (Cf. H915, H916, N455.4.)
Carried in tale types

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