Z62 constellation

The constellation

Z62 Proverbial simile

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

Other formulistic motifs · Z60 entry

beneath it

The old and the new keys. Hero marries his first sweetheart according to the proverb that the old key is better than the new. (Cf. L214.) · Z62.1 entry
"Bridegroom like the sun and bride like the moon." · Z62.2 entry

filed beside

Never. Various ways of expressing this idea. When black sheep turn white, when a dry branch sprouts, etc · Z61 entry
Formulas signifying fruitlessness, e.g. like putting a withe about sand, like mocking a beggar · Z63 entry
Three explanations. When explanation of phenomenon is asked, three explanations are offered of which the last is always the true one. (Cf. Z71.1.) · Z64 entry
Color formulas · Z65 entry
Formulistic numbers · Z71 entry
Formulas based on the year · Z72 entry
A day and a night · Z73 entry
Formula: as many children as holes in a sieve · Z75 entry
Formulistic exaggerations · Z76 entry
Testament willing rewards and punishments. Conventional ending of a story · Z78 entry