Evil mother has fine funeral, good father poor — Mythoi

Motif

Evil mother has fine funeral, good father poor.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Choice between evils. · view the constellation · filed as J225.8

Filed across the traditions

Irish O'Suilleabhain 50.

Within the index

Filed under Choice: apparent injustice over greater wrong.

Filed beside it

Angel and hermit. Angel takes hermit with him and does many seemingly unjust things. Later shows why each of these was just God punishes many men because of one sinner, like a man who kills hive of bees for stinging of one Angel in form of young man shows skeptical hermit that ways of providence are inscrutable Youth made lame: had kicked his mother Lion sent to kill a man: frees him from possibility of sinning and sojourn in purgatory Angel takes cup from old man. Done lest he love the cup too much Angel (Jesus) kills man. Done because man is plotting a murder Angel kills man because he loves his child too much Saint gives liberally to gambler, little to beggar. Gambler is generous, beggar hoards Forestman who longs to do evil is sent to hell: writer, who repents, is sent to heaven. God justifies this to his sage

Carried in tale types

The Punishment of the Angel · ATU 759D 6 recorded variants

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