μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Kings.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Disguised king punished by peasant. Beaten because he does not get up early enough. (King Alfred and the cakes.)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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Special place where occur births of royaltyChoice of kingsCharacter of kingsCustoms connected with kingsParticular practices of kingsEnd of king's reignSuccession to the throneMarriage of kingsOther motifs connected with kings

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