μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Cumulative tales. Tales arranged in chains. (Kettenmärchen.)

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Origin of chess. Inventor asks one wheat-grain for first square, two for the second, four for the third, eight for the fourth, etc. The king cannot pay
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Cumulative nonsense talesEhod mi yodea (One; who knows?); Le dodici parole della verità, Las doce palabras retorneadas. The numbers from one to twelve are brought into relation with various objects, often of religious significanceHow the Rich Man paid his Servant (Lönen hos den rike man). A farmer pays his servant in the first year a hen, in the second a cock, goose, goat, cow, horse, .... girl. farmsteadThe forgetful man counts the days of the week. On Monday they go to mill, etc. He thus discovers that it is SundayFly forgets her name; asks woodcutter, axe, tree, etc., in vain. Finally foal in mare's belly says her name is "fly"

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