Monk fails in test of patience. He tries to live alone to test it. One day he loses his temper at a cup which overturns and he breaks it. [Inadvertant duplication of W185.4.] — Mythoi

Motif

Monk fails in test of patience. He tries to live alone to test it. One day he loses his temper at a cup which overturns and he breaks it. [Inadvertant duplication of W185.4.]

Tests. · Other tests. · Tests of character. · Tests of character. · view the constellation · filed as H1553.5

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Spanish Exempla Keller.

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Filed under Tests of patience.

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Philosopher teaches son to beg before stone statues. In this way he will acquire patience Test of patience: king accepts strong reproof and criticism Test of patience: those who wish to enter city gate must endure insults of old men there who mock them Man shows his patience by accepting blow in face with stool thrown by his superior in monastery Test of patience by asking irrelevant riddles

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