μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge). · view the constellation · filed as J167

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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.

  • Italian Novella*Rotunda.
  • general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 118
Within the index

Filed under Other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge).

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Wisdom from old personWisdom (knowledge) from sage (teacher)Wisdom from holy manWise words of dying father. Counsel proved wise by experienceWisdom (knowledge) from womenWisdom from foolsWisdom (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 booksInscription on walls for condensed educationProverbial wisdom: counsels. (Cf. B82.6.)

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