μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Former slave sickens for accustomed food.

The nature of life. · The nature of life – miscellaneous motifs. · The power of habit. · view the constellation · filed as U135.3

Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Exempla Keller
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Longing for accustomed food and living.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Peasant girl married to king longs for peasant ways of eating Peasants fed white bread demand the rye bread to which they are accustomed
Filed beside it
At feast cat chooses rat meat; other animals cannot eat it Shepherd in king's palace sickens for country air

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