μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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  • Irish myth*Cross.
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Filed under Unfavorable traits of character – personal.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Hog tired of his daily food. Goes to the judge and gets better food assigned to him, but the fox cheats him out of itDissatisfied fox. In kingdom of lions laments that he always gets the worst bits of foodDissatisfied rivers complain against sea. Say that it makes their water unusablePeacock dissatisfied with his voiceMonk dissatisfied with things as he has them is admonished to take what he receives from GodSparrow dissatisfied with pond water wants to go to sea
Filed beside it
LazinessSlovenliness. (Cf. Q322.)VanityBoastfulnessCowardiceIndecision. (Cf. J1040.)GluttonyDisobediencePetulanceProfligacyInconsistencyFalse modestyCuriosityTalkativeness
Travels with
Fault-finding punished. (Cf. Q431.12, Q451.4.6, Q557.8, W128.)

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