μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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.

  • Italian NovellaRotunda.
Within the index

Filed under Appearances deceive.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Revelations of a satyrPeasant wishes to exchange places with monks. Thinks they lead a very easy life. One night's experience in the monastery makes him change his mindHandsome exterior does not indicate beautiful soul. Angel holds nose when handsome sinner passesAn ugly face does not mean an ugly soul. A noble and holy man who is very ugly is proved to be a saintly soulStories to show that one's name does not alter his condition
Filed beside it
Many books do not make a scholarBeard on she-goats do not make a maleBig voice: little creature. (Frogs, crickets.)Mountain in labor brings forth a mouseThe skeleton in the closet. An apparently happy man lets another see the actual misery of his existenceHypocrite is acclaimed as saint after his deathMan rejects bride because she seems immature. Her father reassures him that she has had several children already

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