Quails caught in net rise up in a body with net and escape. As soon as they quarrel they are caught — Mythoi

Motif

Quails caught in net rise up in a body with net and escape. As soon as they quarrel they are caught.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Other aspects of wisdom. · Strength in unity. · view the constellation · filed as J1024

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Exempla Keller
India Thompson-Balys.
general Cowell Jātaka I 85 No. 33
general Benfey Panchatantra II 156ff., 304f.
general Bødker Exempler 290 Nos. 45–46

Within the index

Filed under Strength in unity.

1 finer motif beneath it

Captured elephants pull all at once and escape from net

Filed beside it

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 Fight of lions and bulls. Lion succeeds only when bulls separate Dog leader fears defeat because his forces are of different breeds. Wolves are all of one kind United cocks defeat partridge. When they quarrel they are defeated

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