μῦθοι Mythoi
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Wisdom of hidden old man saves kingdom. In famine all old men are ordered killed. One man hides his father. When all goes wrong in the hands of the young rulers, the old man comes forth, performs assigned tasks, and aids with his wisdom.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge). · view the constellation · filed as J151.1

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Scholars’ trail — 16references

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.

  • LithuanianBalys Index No. *995
  • RussianAndrejev No. 981*
  • EstonianAarne FFC XXV No. 995*
  • RumanianSchullerus FFC LXXVIII No. 910F*
  • Spanish ExemplaKeller
  • Italian NovellaRotunda
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 115ff. No. 71.
  • general Type 981*
  • general *Anderson FFC XLII 182 n. 1
  • general *DeVries FFC LXXIII 220ff.
  • general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 446, cf. No. 538
  • general Fb "gammel" IV 174a
  • general Scala Celi No. 281
  • general *Paudler FFC CXXI. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Wisdom from old person.

Filed beside it
Old men preferred as councillorsWisdom from god as old (one-eyed) manWisdom from old man: always say, "if it pleases God."
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