μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Senseless debates about usefulness.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Unnecessary choices. · view the constellation · filed as J466

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Filed under Unnecessary choices.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Pomegranate and apple tree dispute as to which is worth most. Blackberry reproves them for useless jangling Senseless debate: which is the greater, St. John the Baptist or St. John the Evangelist?
Filed beside it
Senseless debate of the mutually useful Unnecessary choices of belief Unnecessary choice: to go uphill or downhill. Camel prefers the level Unnecessary choice: praying or reading. Both are good

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