μῦθοι Mythoi
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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.

  • Irish myth*Cross.
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Filed under Rewards and punishments.

1 finer motif beneath it
Gods (saints) in disguise reward hospitality and punish inhospitality. Usually the hospitable person is poor, the inhospitable rich
Filed beside it
Kind and unkind. Churlish person disregards requests of old person (animal) and is punished. Courteous person (often youngest brother or sister) complies and is rewardedModerate request rewarded; immoderate punishedHumble rewarded, haughty punishedLaziness punished; industry rewardedGood thoughts rewarded, bad punishedDeity descends and makes king and wronged subject change places
Travels with
Reward: man's cows magically multiply. (Cf. Q1.)Generosity to saint (god) in disguise rewarded. (Cf. Q1, Q45.1.)
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