μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • West IndiesFlowers 582.
Within the index

Filed under Unfavorable traits of character – social.

11 finer motifs beneath it
Cauldron of greedHarlot weeps when her impoverished lover leaves her to think that she has left him his coatVisiting friends take everything from house of dying manWolves devour an ox without leaving a share for the rightful ownerSnake and weasel stop fighting in order to catch mouseFather-in-law sued for breach of contract because he does not die in two years as he has predictedHog with broken leg refuses to tell another where peas are to be found. "I intend to go there myself as soon as I get well again."Eats up the money. Old man before dying eats his money. In church, son wants to cut corpse open and get the money. The devil: "Don't spoil the skin." Shakes money out of the corpse's throat and takes the skinThieves quarrel over booty: owner comes. (Cf. J2136.5.2.)Greedy person (animal) gets hand (head) stuck in food jarGreedy man tries to stuff food into his nostrils as well as into his mouth
Filed beside it
StinginessMiserlinessIngratitudeHardness of heartThe dog in the manger. Has no use for the manger but refuses to give it up to the horseDishonestyInhospitality. (Cf. Q292.)Love of publicityFalse pride. Son ashamed of his peasant father who brings him money. Father disinherits him. (Cf. Q331.)StubbornnessTwo-facednessChangeablenessJealousyThe crying child. He stops crying so that after a rest he can cry louder than everViolence of temperInsolence
Travels with
Avarice punished. (Cf. Q552.3.5, Q589.1.0.1, W151.)

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