Consolation by thinking of some good aspect of a situation — Mythoi

Motif

Consolation by thinking of some good aspect of a situation.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Consolation in misfortune. · Consolation by a trifle. · view the constellation · filed as J865

Within the index

Filed under Consolation by a trifle.

1 finer motif beneath it

"But by a fine fellow!" Dying toad thus comforts his paramour, the frog, whom he is leaving neither married nor widow nor maiden and pregnant

Filed beside it

Consolation for misfortune found in food Comfort in the contemplation of impossible pleasure Consolation by thinking of the past Mutual and undeserved compliments: donkey to camel, "What a beauty you are"; latter answers, "What a sweet voice you have." Consolation by a trifle – miscellaneous

Carried in tale types

The Observance of the Master's Precepts (previously The Servant's Good Counsels) · ATU 910B 4 recorded variants

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