Former poverty chosen over new riches. Weaver laments loss of water vessel. Offered many new, but prefers old and modest life

Motif

Former poverty chosen over new riches. Weaver laments loss of water vessel. Offered many new, but prefers old and modest life.

Reversal of fortune. · Modesty brings reward. · Modest choice best. · view the constellation · filed as L217.1

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Accustomed rags preferred to new garments. A Brahmin returns home to find a palace instead of a cottage; he recognizes his wife only after she throws off her jewels and ornaments to stand before him in her old rags.

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