Lack of proper education regretted

Motif

Lack of proper education regretted.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Wisdom (knowledge) through education. · view the constellation · filed as J142

Within the index

Filed under Wisdom (knowledge) through education.

2 finer motifs beneath it

House dog blames master for teaching him lazy habits Man blames master for not correcting him in youth

Filed beside it

Youth educated by seven sages Untrained colt result of master's neglect Well-trained kid does not open to wolf Hostile dogs made friendly by having them fight common enemy, the wolf Educated men as choice company Child confined to keep him in ignorance of life. Useless

Carried in tale types

Uneducated Father · ATU 929A 1 recorded variant

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