Lie: Rome hanging by thread — Mythoi

Motif

Lie: Rome hanging by thread.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies about geography and topography. · Lies about cities. · view the constellation · filed as X1561

Cited in the index

general Type 1930
general BP III 244ff.

Within the index

Filed under Lies about cities.

Filed beside it

City into which only married and mothers may enter Village where rubies sell for four pice apiece

Carried in tale types

Schlaraffenland · ATU 1930 2 recorded variants

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