μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Within the index

Filed under Present values preferred to future.

4 finer motifs beneath it
A bird in the hand foolishly given away in hope of greater gainLittle fish in the net kept rather than wait for uncertainty of greater catchLion leaves sleeping hare to follow the shepherd. Loses both victimsPresent possessions preferred to future
Filed beside it
Don't injure yourself to insure your family's futureMan to be reforged chooses present unhappiness. He is in heaven and God is to reforge him, but he chooses not to changeChildren choose father they know rather than real father they do not yet know. Woman confesses that child is not by her husband. Child, however, chooses to keep the father he knows. (Cf. J391, J1279.1.)Man prefers servant girl who is present to her absent mistressSoldier prefers to live rather than die and be avenged on enemy

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