The constellation
L211 Modest choice: three caskets type. Objects from which choice is to be made are hidden in caskets (or the like). The worst looking casket proves to be the best choice
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
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- Modest choice best · L210 entry
carried in tale type
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- Choice among several gifts. The worst horse, armor, or the like proves best · L212 entry
- Poor girl chosen rather than the rich. Treasure follows · L213 entry
- Old chosen rather than new. Fortunate choice · L214 entry
- Unpromising magic object chosen. Hero refuses to take one that cries out "take me!" · L215 entry
- Poor game proves rich · L216 entry
- Accustomed rags preferred to new garments. A Brahmin returns home to find a palace instead of a cottage; he recognizes his wife only after she throws off her jewels and ornaments to stand before him in her old rags · L217 entry