Death's three messengers. Warns man by loss of appetite, loss of desire for drink, and sickness. Man does not recognize the messengers

Motif

Death's three messengers. Warns man by loss of appetite, loss of desire for drink, and sickness. Man does not recognize the messengers.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Other aspects of wisdom. · Attention to warnings. · view the constellation · filed as J1051

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

general *Type 335
general *BP III 293
general Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 267, 268.

Within the index

Filed under Attention to warnings.

Filed beside it

Cranes disregard warnings and are killed Snake disregards warnings to improve his manners: eaten by crab Man disregards mother's warning and is punished Man disregards priest's warning and is punished

Carried in tale types

Death's Messengers · ATU 3351 recorded variant

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