The constellation
J350 Choices: small inconvenience, large gain
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
- Bodily member(s) sacrificed to save life. (Cf. J341.) · J351 entry
- Inconvenience disregarded when booty is in sight · J352 entry
- Slight inconvenience in weather, large gain · J355 entry
- Less inconvenience in fighting though tired than in losing all for a little rest · J356 entry
- Priest sells his donkey because worry for its safety distracts him from prayer · J357 entry
- Small inconvenience, large gain – miscellaneous · J369 entry