Lies about fish. (Cf. X1150.) — Mythoi

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Lies about fish. (Cf. X1150.)

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies about animals. · Lies about fish. · view the constellation · filed as X1300

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

North American Indigenous Myths of the Cherokee , Wonder Stories — Myth 78 78. THE NUNNE'HI AND OTHER SPIRIT FOLK
Māori Polynesian Mythology, and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race , Chapter 2
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 2, Canto 59
Literary Crystallization Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None , Chapter 37 XXXVII. IMMACULATE PERCEPTION.

Within the index

5 finer motifs beneath it

Lie: the great fish Lie: remarkable actions of big fish Lie: tamed fish lives on dry land Dogfish act like dogs Crowded fish

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Lies about fishing. (Cf. X1300.)

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