μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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.

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

Filed across the traditions
  • Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3900
  • Estonian Loorits Grundzüge I 381ff.
  • Russian Andrejev No. 298*
  • Indonesia DeVries's list Nos. 95, 140. Cf. Halm No. 414.
  • general Wienert FFC LVI 43 (ET 7), 80 (ET 457), 136 (ST 419)
  • general Halm Aesop No. 82
Within the index

Filed under Mildness triumphs over violence.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Contest between wind (rain) and sun. Rain also tries unsuccessfully like wind Sun cursed by man for its burning rays, wind for its hot breath, but moon is blessed for its soft, cool, and beautiful light
Filed beside it
Mildness triumphs over violence: queen advises husband to use kindness to enemies. This wins them over where war failed Saint uses kind words to pagan priest who has just smitten a Christian. This causes pagan to repent. Conversion follows Mild brother triumphs over warlike. Survives him and inherits property Priest who gives mild penances succeeds where others fail Goldsmith gives money to one who addressed him as friend (the goldsmith had no friends because he has cheated everybody)
Carried in tale types

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