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Motif

King takes measures against assassination.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought in conflicts with others. · Forethought in prevention of others's plans. · view the constellation · filed as J634

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Filed under Forethought in prevention of others's plans.

2 finer motifs beneath it
King to avoid possible assassination singes his beard rather than have barber shave him King to avoid possible assassination has queen's quarters searched before he enters
Filed beside it
Destruction of enemy's weapons Preventing the birth of enemies Prevention of hostility by inspiring fear in enemy Uniting against a common enemy Prevention of hostilities by agreeing to demands while in danger. Barber makes heavy demands of customer while the razor is at his throat. Customer agrees but after the shave throws the barber out Prevention of hostilities by disarming the suspect. Later learned that he is a fugitive murderer Dissuasion from suicide. Man dissuades simpleton from hanging himself by telling him that hell is a place of pain and torments Crab takes hold of heron's neck and fearing attack cuts neck and kills him

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