μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • Irish mythCross.
  • general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 610
Within the index

Filed under Other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge).

4 finer motifs beneath it
Wisdom from fool: make peace before rather than after the warWisdom from fool: absurdity of tight-rope walker's performanceWisdom from fool: the present returned. Nobleman gives fool a present; he is to give it to no one who is not a greater fool. Master is dying; doctor tells fool that master is going to take long journey. Since master is making no preparation, fool gives him the present. Master thus brought to repentanceWisdom from fool: heaven refused. Fool says he does not want to go to heaven for he wants to stay with his master, who everyone says is going to hell. Master repents
Filed beside it
Wisdom from old personWisdom (knowledge) from sage (teacher)Wisdom from holy manWise words of dying father. Counsel proved wise by experienceWisdom (knowledge) from womenWisdom (knowledge) from dreamWisdom from angelTrial rehearsed before stick in the ground as judgeWisdom acquired by hanging in a treeWisdom purchasedWisdom from GodTree of knowledgeWisdom from booksWisdom 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 justInscription on walls for condensed educationProverbial wisdom: counsels. (Cf. B82.6.)

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