μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Wisdom (knowledge) from women.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge). · view the constellation · filed as J155

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Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Spanish Exempla Keller.
Within the index

Filed under Other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge).

8 finer motifs beneath it
Hero directed on journey by princess King has amours with great men's wives so as to learn secrets from them Caesar's scorn of his wife's advice leads to disaster Wife as adviser. (Cf. J21.37.) Wife of usurer saves husband through her prayers Wise words of dying woman (queen). (Cf. J154.) Knowledge from mysterious women met in the forest Wisdom from harlot to a king
Filed beside it
Wisdom from old person Wisdom (knowledge) from sage (teacher) Wisdom from holy man Wise words of dying father. Counsel proved wise by experience 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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