Contest between wind (rain) and sun. Rain also tries unsuccessfully like wind

Motif

Contest between wind (rain) and sun. Rain also tries unsuccessfully like wind.

Reversal of fortune. · Triumph of the weak. · Mildness triumphs over violence. · view the constellation · filed as L351.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Contest of wind and sun. Sun by warmth causes traveler to remove coat, while wind by violent blowing causes him to pull it closer around him.

Filed beside it

Sun cursed by man for its burning rays, wind for its hot breath, but moon is blessed for its soft, cool, and beautiful light

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