μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Fourth horse must carry all. Miller has four horses to carry grain. He uses only one, so that it soon dies. Four horses are childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. Don't heap all burden of securing salvation on the fourth horse, old age.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought – miscellaneous. · Forethought – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as J761.2

Cited in the index
  • general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 291.
Within the index

Filed under Old age must be planned for.

Filed beside it
Child finds gray hair in wicked father's head. Father sees that it is time for him to reform Adulteress prepares for old age. Charges a pair of shoes to consort with men. When old she pays with shoes the men who will consort with her

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