μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Man frees slave (incognito prince): rewarded when slave becomes king.

Rewards and punishments. · Deeds rewarded. · Kindness rewarded. · view the constellation · filed as Q42.4

Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella *Rotunda.
Within the index

Filed under Generosity rewarded.

1 finer motif beneath it
Slave freed as reward for killing enemy's two slaves, and given as much land as he can cultivate in three days
Filed beside it
Spendthrift knight. Divides his last penny. He is later helped by the grateful person Reward for providing coffins for poor Generosity to saint (god) in disguise rewarded. (Cf. Q1, Q45.1.) Reward for generosity to king's buffoon. Ruler rewards herald who is generous to his buffoon Reward for tearing out eye when demanded Reward for remitting tribute. (Cf. Q172.7.) Saint gives a man all his credit for good deeds so that the man may go to heaven. Saint is then rewarded with even greater credit. (Cf. Q172.) Cobbler gives new pair of shoes to poor boy and says: "You can pay me when you become archbishop." Generously rewarded many years later

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