μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 8references

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 mythCross
  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "charité"
  • SpanishKeller, Espinosa III No. 152, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 202–204, 210
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist mythMalalasekera II 897, 904, 934, 988
  • TahitiBeckwith Myth 38.
  • general *Chauvin V 14 No. 68
  • general *Penzer VIII 130ff.
Within the index

Filed under Kindness rewarded.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Spendthrift knight. Divides his last penny. He is later helped by the grateful personReward for providing coffins for poorGenerosity to saint (god) in disguise rewarded. (Cf. Q1, Q45.1.)Man frees slave (incognito prince): rewarded when slave becomes kingReward for generosity to king's buffoon. Ruler rewards herald who is generous to his buffoonReward for tearing out eye when demandedReward 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
Filed beside it
Politeness rewardedReward for giving counselReward for almsgivingHospitality rewardedReward for protecting fugitiveKindness to orphans repaid by dead parentsKindness to animals rewardedReward for rescueUprightness rewarded. (Cf. Q151.7.)Reward for sparing life when in animal formLove rewardedAttendance on the sick rewarded
Travels with
Charitable man's death postponed. (Cf. Q42, Q145.)
Carried in tale types

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