Ass envies horse in fine trappings. Horse killed in battle; ass content.
The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Choice between evils. · view the constellation · filed as J212.1
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- India Thompson-Balys.
- general Jacobs Aesop 220 No. 78
- general Scala Celi 135a No. 744
Within the index
Filed under Choice: plainness with safety or grandeur with danger.
Carried in tale types
- The Lean Dog Prefers Liberty to Abundant Food and a Chain · ATU 201 1 recorded variant
- The Donkey Envies the Horse in its Fine Trappings · ATU 214* 1 recorded variant
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