The constellation
J321 Present possessions preferred to future possibilities
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
- A bird in the hand foolishly given away in hope of greater gain · J321.1 entry
- Little fish in the net kept rather than wait for uncertainty of greater catch · J321.2 entry
- Lion leaves sleeping hare to follow the shepherd. Loses both victims · J321.3 entry
- Present possessions preferred to future · J321.4 entry