μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Prudence and Discretion. · Zeal – temperate and intemperate. · view the constellation · filed as J562

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 429.
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Filed under Zeal – temperate and intemperate.

Filed beside it
Intemperate zeal in truth-tellingIntemperate pugnacityIntemperance in workIntemperance in service. Emperor rebukes overzealous servant as being a nuisanceIntemperance in obedienceIntemperance in honestyIntemperance in undertaking laborIntemperance in sacrificingIntemperance in pursuitMan resuscitates a lion which devours himIntemperance in worshipIntemperance in fasting

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