μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

The tragic death of the three gnats. One of them meets his death between the horns of two struggling oxen, another because of two restless stallions, the third during a tussle between two giants.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies about animals. · Lies about insects. · view the constellation · filed as X1295.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Lithuanian Balys Index No. 291* (X1021.9).
Within the index

Filed under Lies about gnats.

Carried in tale types

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “struggling” · wander