μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

A wise man (saint, brahmin) recognizes that a man unwittingly carries a venomous serpent in his proviant sack and warns him.

Chance and fate. · Helpers. · Human helpers. · view the constellation · filed as N848.2

Cited in the index
  • general Krappe Moyen Age (1937) No. 4.
Within the index

Filed under Saint (pious man) as helper.

Filed beside it
Holy man as helper Hero ransoms maltreated picture of a saint. As reward he gets help from the grateful saint

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