μῦθοι Mythoi
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King advised to marry maid rather than widow. Widow would have things her own way.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Other choices. · view the constellation · filed as J482

Cited in the index
  • general *Stiefel Zs. f. Vksk. VIII 278.
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Filed under Other choices.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Woman refuses second marriage. If husband is good she will fear to lose him; if bad she will repent Better to marry ugly than fair wife. Less hard to satisfy Young man advised to choose as wife a girl whose mother was chaste
Filed beside it
Inflicters rather than receivers of wounds chosen. Men with many wounds recommended as soldiers. King had rather have those who gave the wounds Choice: to do that which one knows or to learn something Enjoyment preferred to wealth Three sins of the hermit. Choice of three sins given him: adultery, murder (theft), drunkenness. He chooses drunkenness; the others follow. (Cf. J21.25.) Death preferred above God and Justice Tame dog prefers food basin to fleeing hare Fox had rather meet one hen than fifty women Old sweetheart chosen in preference to new [First Edition (Additions and Corrections): J492. Better be consul in Rome than king elsewhere.] Little men preferred to big men. Preacher prefers small men because the intellect has difficulty in reaching to one's heels Choice: death and revenge preferred to life Monk chooses solitude and loneliness to company and temptation. By living alone he escapes sin Choice of friend over mistress. Given the choice of his friend or his mistress, man chooses his friend Eagle prefers own offspring to changeling

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