μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Within the index

Filed under Choice between evils.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Philosopher chooses poverty with freedomTown mouse and country mouse. Latter prefers poverty with safety
Filed beside it
Four choices, all of which are evil; man to make one choice onlyChoice: plainness with safety or grandeur with dangerChoice: loss of beauty or speech. Latter chosenChoice: suffering in youth or old agePresent evil preferred to change for worseChoice of deathsCaptivity preferred to deathEnemies make peace rather than slay each otherChoice: small injustice permitted rather than to cause troubles of stateRescue alone from shipwreck chosen over drowning with goodsChoice between evils: pay tribute or lose both money and lifeChoice: apparent injustice over greater wrongDifficult choice between relativesDeath preferred to other evilsChoice between evils – miscellaneous
Carried in tale types

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