Beaver sacrifices scrotum to save life. Cuts it off and leaves it for pursuers

Motif

Beaver sacrifices scrotum to save life. Cuts it off and leaves it for pursuers.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Gains and losses. · Choices: small inconvenience, large gain. · view the constellation · filed as J351.1

Cited in the index

general Wienert FFC LVI 63 (ET 264), 141 (ST 475)
general Halm Aesop No. 189.

Within the index

Filed under Bodily member(s) sacrificed to save life. (Cf. J341.)

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