μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • general *BP III 451 n. 1.
Within the index

Filed under Adventures of kings.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Disguised king taught courtesy by peasantKing pardons person who has made mistake of addressing one of his courtiers as king
Filed beside it
King demands subject's wife for himselfKing loses his kingdom to impostor. (Cf. K1934.1.)King is cursed by disguised dwarf-smiths whose work he criticisedKing frees man sent by rival king to kill him. He sees bravery in the would-be assassinKing descends to bottom of sea in glass barrel to study ways of fishesKing himself works at brick building so that subjects cannot complain of enforced laborSubjects drive their ruler away after he has made them do forced labor

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