Wisdom from evil spirits

Motif

Wisdom from evil spirits.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge). · view the constellation · filed as J176

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Filed across the traditions

Icelandic Hjálmthèrs saga ok Ölvis 491.

Within the index

Filed under Other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge).

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 (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

Carried in tale types

Other Mistaken Identities · ATU 1319* 1 recorded variant

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