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.

  • OceanicDixon 193 nn. 20–25.
Within the index

Filed under Ingratitude.

1 finer motif beneath it
Whales rescue drowning king who planned to kill them
Filed beside it
Man dismissed after years of service with a pittanceMonster ungrateful for rescueCrane pulls bone from wolf's throat: wolf refuses payment. "That you were allowed to take your beak from my throat is payment enough." (Cf. B382.)Hunter beats dog which has grown old in his serviceDog tries to bite man rescuing him from wellUngrateful wanderer pulls nut tree to pieces to get the nutsWanderers in shade of plane tree blame it for not bearing fruitGrateful animals; ungrateful man. A traveler saves a monkey, a snake, a tiger, and a jeweler from a pit. The monkey gives him fruit; the tiger a necklace of a princess he has killed. The jeweler accuses the rescuer before the king. The serpent saves him by biting the prince and then showing the man the proper remedySnake kills ungrateful tamerTiger returns rope to former captor: rewarded by having tail cut offMan kills his rescuer in order to collect rewardBenefactor falsely accused of theft by ungrateful youthWoman who saves suitor from death is later condemned to die by the ingrateKind magistrate is victim of ingratitude. Gives lawbreaker a light sentence. The latter seduces the magistrate's wifeRuler persecutes his friends and is kind to his enemies. Is killedMan beheads rescuer for leaving him so long in pain

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