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Motif

The fox and the sour grapes. Pretends that the grapes he cannot reach are sour.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Consolation in misfortune. · Consolation by pretending that one does not want the thing he cannot have. · view the constellation · filed as J871

Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Boggs FFC XC 30 No. 66a*
  • Jewish Neuman.
  • general Wienert FFC LVI 63 (ET 267), 125 (ST 336)
  • general Halm Aesop No. 33
  • general Scala Celi 52b No. 292
  • general Jacobs Aesop 207 No. 31
Within the index

Filed under Consolation by pretending that one does not want the thing he cannot have.

1 finer motif beneath it
Fox asking for favor set on by dogs. Thankful to have saved life
Filed beside it
Fox in swollen river claims to be swimming to distant town Dog driven out of dining room claims to be drunk. Says that he has drunk so much that he does not know how he got out of the house Warrior having lost a city claims that he did not wish to sell it for a higher price Headless king and tailless tiger, each afraid of other, agree to be friends Scorned suitor consoles himself by realization that a wife who did not love him would be constant source of trouble
Carried in tale types

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