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Motif

Wisdom from holy man.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge). · view the constellation · filed as J153

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Exempla Keller
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge).

2 finer motifs beneath it
Holy man's prayer reforms rich man. Holy man prays, "May God bless everything here that is good but cause to disappear all that is bad." Everything disappears Hermit explains why anger is sin
Filed beside it
Wisdom from old person Wisdom (knowledge) from sage (teacher) Wise words of dying father. Counsel proved wise by experience Wisdom (knowledge) from women Wisdom from fools Wisdom (knowledge) from dream Wisdom from angel Trial rehearsed before stick in the ground as judge Wisdom acquired by hanging in a tree Wisdom purchased Wisdom from God Tree of knowledge Wisdom from books Wisdom from continual reminder of foolishness in the past. Unjust judge skinned and his skin stretched over a footstool kept in the presence of judges, so as to remind them to be just Inscription on walls for condensed education Proverbial wisdom: counsels. (Cf. B82.6.)

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