μῦθοι Mythoi
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Each likes his own children best. Snipe asks sportsman to spare its small ones, easily recognized as being the prettiest in the forest. To be on the safe side he shoots only the ugliest he can find. They are the young snipes. (Often told of the ape.)Hero a posthumous sonDevil substitutes himself for new-born childTwins. (Cf. T587.)Quadruplet heroesTriplets (as heroes)Children sleep in village dormitory

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