μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Three sins of the hermit. Choice of three sins given him: adultery, murder (theft), drunkenness. He chooses drunkenness; the others follow. (Cf. J21.25.)

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Other choices. · view the constellation · filed as J485

Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Exempla Keller
  • Jewish bin Gorion Born Judas IV 159, 282, Neuman
  • India Thompson-Balys. Cf. Wesselski Mönchslatein 22 No. 17.
  • general *Type 839
  • general **Taylor MPh XX 61ff.
  • general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 243
  • general Chauvin VIII 129 No. 118
  • general Herbert III *131
  • general Köhler-Bolte I 583
  • general Nouvelles de Sens No. 25
  • general *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 24
Within the index

Filed under Other choices.

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 King advised to marry maid rather than widow. Widow would have things her own way Choice: to do that which one knows or to learn something Enjoyment preferred to wealth 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
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
"Do not keep bad company": counsel proved wise by experience. Breaking of father's first counsel causes the breaking of all the others
Carried in tale types

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