μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Filed under Choice between useful and ornamental.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Contest between rose and amaranth: worth lies not in beautyPine and thornbush dispute as to their usefulness. Beauty of form does not give worth; pine grows slowly but it will withstand stormsFox and panther contest in beauty. Fox's spirit worth more than panther's skinPeacock proved to be bad king. Chosen because of beauty; too weak to defend his flockPeacock and crane in beauty contest. Better be able to soar like crane than to strut about like peacockContest in beauty between swallows and crows (ants and flies): worth lies not in beautyChoice of a learned crow: a dead cat better than a golden crownIn dividing property clever younger brother takes hind part of buffalo, upper part of tree, and use of curtain during night
Filed beside it
Fruitful tree chosenUsefulness better than speedGoodness preferred to beautyUseful and ugly preferred to expensive and beautifulStrength preferred to clevernessGoodness preferred to wealthPractical knowledge more vital than theoreticalLearned person worth two unlearned. Latter wastes time, former not

wander