μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Wager about tree names: learned and common names. Brahmin gives learned names but servant's common names are confirmed by illiterate peasants.

Chance and fate. · Wagers and gambling. · Other wagers. · view the constellation · filed as N51.1

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Wager: who can call three tree names first. The bear names different varieties of the same tree, so that the fox wins the wager.

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