Other maxims — Mythoi

Motif

Other maxims.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge). · view the constellation · filed as J171.3

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 4
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XVIII XVIII. The Perils of the Soul
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXI XXI. Tabooed Things

Within the index

Filed under Proverbial wisdom: counsels. (Cf. B82.6.)

2 finer motifs beneath it

Crow flying away says, "A wise man remains not in the place of calamity; but a fool stays there, and sups fear and sorrow." Proverbial wisdom: "Seek to win over the accuser, so that he causes you no annoyance."

Filed beside it

Counsel: if you take it you will be sorry; if you don't you will also be sorry. This advice given hero by helpful horse King questions six doctors

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