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Motif

The happy friar becomes unhappier as he receives ever more and more money. Gets rid of money and is happy as before.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Other aspects of wisdom. · Miscellaneous aspects of wisdom. · view the constellation · filed as J1085.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 258 No. 204.
  • general *Type 754
  • general *Toldo Zs. f. Vksk. XIII 420
  • general *Crane Vitry 162 No. 66
  • general Herbert III 281
  • general Alphabet No. 276
  • general Scala Celi 80b No. 459
  • general Nouvelles Récréations No. 19
Within the index

Filed under Money does not always bring happiness.

Filed beside it
[First Edition (Additions and Corrections): J1085.1[b]. Priest with crucifix and club. Orders church thieves to replace stolen goods. When crucifix does not bring obedience he forces them with club.] Possession of gold turns humble servant into arrogant one King sees poor man far happier than himself Poor man returns to the emperor all save enough for comfort: wealth would take happiness from his simple life
Carried in tale types

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