Arrow as man's message shows lion how terrible man himself must be

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Arrow as man's message shows lion how terrible man himself must be.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Wisdom (knowledge) acquired from inference. · view the constellation · filed as J32

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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general Wienert FFC LVI 67 (ET 316), 122 (ST 312)
general Babrius No. 1
general Halm Aesop No. 403
general BP II 99.

Within the index

Filed under Wisdom (knowledge) acquired from inference.

Filed beside it

Encounter with clever children (woman) dissuades man from visit. On way to a city meets children and they are so clever that he turns back home, fearing how clever their parents must be Blind man who feels young wolf recognises his savage nature Odor of the wine cask. How fine wine must been been to leave so good an odor

Carried in tale types

Animals Learn to Fear Men (previously Learning to Fear Men) · ATU 1571 recorded variant

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