The constellation
Q42 Generosity rewarded
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The same sky, in words
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- Kindness rewarded · Q40 entry
beneath it
- Spendthrift knight. Divides his last penny. He is later helped by the grateful person · Q42.1 entry
- Reward for providing coffins for poor · Q42.2 entry
- Generosity to saint (god) in disguise rewarded. (Cf. Q1, Q45.1.) · Q42.3 entry
- Man frees slave (incognito prince): rewarded when slave becomes king · Q42.4 entry
- Reward for generosity to king's buffoon. Ruler rewards herald who is generous to his buffoon · Q42.5 entry
- Reward for tearing out eye when demanded · Q42.6 entry
- Reward for remitting tribute. (Cf. Q172.7.) · Q42.7 entry
- Saint gives a man all his credit for good deeds so that the man may go to heaven. Saint is then rewarded with even greater credit. (Cf. Q172.) · Q42.8 entry
- Cobbler gives new pair of shoes to poor boy and says: "You can pay me when you become archbishop." Generously rewarded many years later · Q42.9 entry
cross-ref
carried in tale type
- The Shepherd Boy · ATU 515