μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Filed under Avoid hasty judgment.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Man has disinterested party punish servant for him lest he himself be unfair in his angerMaster when angry will not punish servant who has ruined him
Filed beside it
When in anger say the alphabet. Man thus restrained from hasty judgmentKing given three wheels to control his angerKing in anger punishes misdeed on Easter day. Is almost killed himself in retaliation. He submits and says that he deserves this punishment for hasty actionKing restrained from hasty judgment by being told storyJudge not that you be not judged: thus judge upbraided when he is later accused in court and claims mercyAnswer questions of a fool the next dayUnpaid servant refuses to blame master: later rewarded

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