μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Foolishness of taking on too strong a partner: crow crowds sparrow out of its nest.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought in alliances. · view the constellation · filed as J684.2

Scholars’ trail — 1 reference (open)

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.

  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Alliances with the strong.

Filed beside it
Fox with lion protector goes hunting alone and is killed Tortoise joins peacock in dance. Cannot escape hunter; peacock flies off Victorious ally feared by others

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