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 himself King loses his kingdom to impostor. (Cf. K1934.1.) King is cursed by disguised dwarf-smiths whose work he criticised King frees man sent by rival king to kill him. He sees bravery in the would-be assassin King descends to bottom of sea in glass barrel to study ways of fishes King himself works at brick building so that subjects cannot complain of enforced labor Subjects drive their ruler away after he has made them do forced labor
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Special place where occur births of royalty Choice of kings Character of kings Customs connected with kings Particular practices of kings End of king's reign Succession to the throne Marriage of kings Other motifs connected with kings

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