The clever brothers work, the foolish brother only prays; finally he acquires all the property — Mythoi

Motif

The clever brothers work, the foolish brother only prays; finally he acquires all the property.

Religion. · Religious services. · Prayer. · view the constellation · filed as V52.12

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. 1666*.

Within the index

Filed under Miraculous power of prayer.

Filed beside it

Man saved from lechery through prayer Continuous prayer sustains man through frightful vigil Prayer before battle brings victory Objects supplied through prayer Prayer restores shattered vessel Mariners saved from maelstrom through prayer Prayer at saint's flagstone averts trouble Prayer brings death to enemy Prayer for protection on journey to land of dead Prayers of devout woman free husband from death and imprisonment Prayer of sinner changes his color from black into white Saint's Paternoster outweighs ox Reciting martyrology will prevent decomposition of body of one who recites it Prayer said by saint into his right hand restores displaced eye of opponent

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