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 myth*Cross
  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • SpanishEspinosa Jr. Nos. 142–45.
Within the index

Filed under Unfavorable traits of character – social.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Sheep jealous of dog because he does nothing. Do not consider that he guards the flockKing kills architect after completion of great building, so that he may never again build one so great. (Cf. S161.0.1, W154.21.)Raven wants to be as white as a swanJealous fox betrays wolf to peasant and then appropriates wolf's cave and food. Peasant kills him in a few daysRaven jealous of partridge's way of flyingJealousy of Venus in the love of Psyche and CupidRuler who is jealous of his subjects' happiness prohibits their games
Filed beside it
GreedStinginessMiserlinessIngratitudeHardness 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-facednessChangeablenessThe crying child. He stops crying so that after a rest he can cry louder than everViolence of temperInsolence
Travels with
Jealousy punished. (Cf. W181.)

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