The constellation
J151 Wisdom from old person
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
filed under
beneath it
- Wisdom of hidden old man saves kingdom. In famine all old men are ordered killed. One man hides his father. When all goes wrong in the hands of the young rulers, the old man comes forth, performs assigned tasks, and aids with his wisdom · J151.1 entry
- Old men preferred as councillors · J151.2 entry
- Wisdom from god as old (one-eyed) man · J151.3 entry
- Wisdom from old man: always say, "if it pleases God." · J151.4 entry