Reeds bend before wind (flood). Save themselves while oak is uprooted

Motif

Reeds bend before wind (flood). Save themselves while oak is uprooted.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Adaptability. · Adaptability to overpowering force. · view the constellation · filed as J832

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Scholars’ trail — 5references

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general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 174
general Wienert FFC LVI 73 (ET 387), 107 (ST 190, 243)
general Halm Aesop No. 179
general **E. Grawi Die Fabel vom Baum und dem Schilfrohr in der Weltliteratur (Rostock Diss., 1911). India: Thompson-Balys

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Mohammed goes to the mountain (tree) when the mountain will not come to him Ass foolish to kick against the pricks Fire burns man who doesn't understand it. Useful when one knows how to use it Wit interprets unfavorable decision of court as doing him great honor

Carried in tale types

The Reeds Bend before Wind (Flood) · ATU 298C*1 recorded variant

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