The constellation
J1030 Self-dependence
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
beneath it
- Grain will be cut when farmer attends to it himself. Lark leaves her young in the cornfield. They hear farmer tell sons to go to neighbors for help in harvesting. Lark tells young not to worry. Same when he sends for relatives. Farmer decides to harvest it himself. Larks move, for they now know that it will be done · J1031 entry
- Stag found by master when overlooked by servants. Hides under hay and escapes until master himself comes · J1032 entry
- Gardener who plants vegetable tends it best · J1033 entry
- Gods help those who help themselves. Ox driver must put his shoulder to the wheel before Hercules will help him · J1034 entry