μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Intemperate pugnacity.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Prudence and Discretion. · Zeal – temperate and intemperate. · view the constellation · filed as J552

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Filed under Zeal – temperate and intemperate.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Noblemen who quarreled over a device. Wiser of the two shows foolishness of such a fight Noblemen being ruined by long lawsuit decide wisely to join their families in marriage and save their fortunes Serpent (weasel) tries to bite a file Helmet left for woman to quarrel with. Woman insists upon quarreling with a nobleman. He says, "If you wish to quarrel, I shall leave my helmet here. You can talk to it." Brothers compose quarrel and save umpire's fee Boast at home. In Castile a Spaniard maintains to a Portuguese that the Spanish king is best of all. In Portugal, that the Portuguese king is best. "Each cock crows in his own barnyard."
Filed beside it
Intemperate zeal in truth-telling Intemperance in work Intemperance in service. Emperor rebukes overzealous servant as being a nuisance Intemperance in obedience Intemperance in honesty Intemperance in undertaking labor Intemperance in sacrificing Intemperance in pursuit Intemperance in charity. A waste of time to make a bed for a dog who lies down wherever he happens to be tired. Likewise a waste of time to help unappreciative people Man resuscitates a lion which devours him Intemperance in worship Intemperance in fasting

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