μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

The quarreling sons and the bundle of twigs. Peasant puts twigs together and cannot break them. Separately they are easily broken. His sons apply the lesson.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Other aspects of wisdom. · Strength in unity. · view the constellation · filed as J1021

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Scholars’ trail — 5references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • JapaneseIkeda.
  • general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 861
  • general Wienert FFC LVI 83 (ET 491), 111 (ST 228)
  • general Halm Aesop No. 103 Jacobs Aesop 217 No. 72. Jewish: *Neuman
Within the index

Filed under Strength in unity.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Sons united make living; separated failPreacher teaches beaten Genoese the strength of unity. They are like donkeys – when one is beaten the rest scatter. The enemy are like pigs – stick together in trouble
Filed beside it
Fight of lions and bulls. Lion succeeds only when bulls separateDog leader fears defeat because his forces are of different breeds. Wolves are all of one kindQuails caught in net rise up in a body with net and escape. As soon as they quarrel they are caughtUnited cocks defeat partridge. When they quarrel they are defeated
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