μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Lies about remarkable kinds of snakes.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies about animals. · Lies about reptiles. · view the constellation · filed as X1321.3

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Filed under Lies about snakes.

1 finer motif beneath it
Lie: hoop snake. Snake takes its tail in its mouth and rolls like a hoop toward its victim. (Cf. B765.1.)
Filed beside it
Lie: the great snake Lie: large number of snakes

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