μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Throstle giving all attention to sweet fruits is caught by bird catcher.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought in conflicts with others. · Avoidance of others' power. · view the constellation · filed as J651.1

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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  • general Wienert FFC LVI 66 (ET 298), 107 (ST 195)
  • general Halm Aesop No. 194.
Within the index

Filed under Inattention to danger.

Filed beside it
Man inattentive to the danger of drowning enters water to save treasure and is drowned
Travels with
Dupe persuaded to ride on trickster's back: captured. (Cf. J651.1.)

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