The constellation
W154 Ingratitude
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- Man dismissed after years of service with a pittance · W154.1 entry
- Monster ungrateful for rescue · W154.2 entry
- Crane pulls bone from wolf's throat: wolf refuses payment. "That you were allowed to take your beak from my throat is payment enough." (Cf. B382.) · W154.3 entry
- Hunter beats dog which has grown old in his service · W154.4 entry
- Dog tries to bite man rescuing him from well · W154.5 entry
- Ungrateful wanderer pulls nut tree to pieces to get the nuts · W154.6 entry
- Wanderers in shade of plane tree blame it for not bearing fruit · W154.7 entry
- Grateful animals; ungrateful man. A traveler saves a monkey, a snake, a tiger, and a jeweler from a pit. The monkey gives him fruit; the tiger a necklace of a princess he has killed. The jeweler accuses the rescuer before the king. The serpent saves him by biting the prince and then showing the man the proper remedy · W154.8 entry
- Man rescued from drowning kills rescuer · W154.9 entry
- Snake kills ungrateful tamer · W154.10 entry
- Tiger returns rope to former captor: rewarded by having tail cut off · W154.11 entry
- Man kills his rescuer in order to collect reward · W154.12 entry
- Benefactor falsely accused of theft by ungrateful youth · W154.13 entry
- Woman who saves suitor from death is later condemned to die by the ingrate · W154.14 entry
- Kind magistrate is victim of ingratitude. Gives lawbreaker a light sentence. The latter seduces the magistrate's wife · W154.15 entry
- Ruler persecutes his friends and is kind to his enemies. Is killed · W154.16 entry
- Man beheads rescuer for leaving him so long in pain · W154.17 entry
- Man ungrateful for life saved because rescuer helped others also · W154.18 entry
- Ungrateful Jew steals horse of Christian who has lent it to him · W154.19 entry
- Man beats people bearing him gifts · W154.20 entry
- Workers (builder) killed when secret building or grave is finished. (Cf. W181.2.) · W154.21 entry
- Person compared to nettle, which stings the hand that protects it · W154.22 entry
- Ingratitude from ignorance · W154.23 entry
- Man fails to feed his animal rescuer · W154.24 entry
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