The constellation
J461 Senseless debate of the mutually useful
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
- Unnecessary choices · J460 entry
beneath it
- The belly and the members. Debate as to their usefulness. All mutually useful · J461.1 entry
- Common wives of man debate as to which has helped him most. Help of each was indispensable · J461.2 entry
- Tobacco, pipe, and match debate usefulness to smoker · J461.3 entry
- Deer, opossum, and snake each render indispensable aid to man. Foolishly debate their usefulness · J461.4 entry
- Rice, wheat, and dal dispute as to which is the best · J461.5 entry
- Dispute of hammer and anvil · J461.6 entry
- Wealth and wisdom dispute as to who is greater · J461.7 entry
- Elephant and ape debate about superiority. Owl gives them task neither can perform and ends futile debate · J461.8 entry