μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

How 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. farmstead.

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Cited in the index
  • general **Taylor JAFL XLVI 80 No. 2010 I
  • general Kristensen Danske Dyrefabler 168–78 Nos. 392–418
  • general *T. Norlind Svenska Allmogens Liv 2d ed. (Stockholm, 1925) 612. – Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 2010 I*.
Within the index

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

Filed beside it
Cumulative nonsense tales Chains based on numbers Ehod 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 significance The forgetful man counts the days of the week. On Monday they go to mill, etc. He thus discovers that it is Sunday Fly forgets her name; asks woodcutter, axe, tree, etc., in vain. Finally foal in mare's belly says her name is "fly"
Carried in tale types

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