Hospitality as a virtue. (Cf. P320.) — Mythoi

Motif

Hospitality as a virtue. (Cf. P320.)

Traits of character. · Favorable traits of character. · Kindness. · view the constellation · filed as W12

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Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Kindness. (Cf. Q40.)

2 finer motifs beneath it

Man (king) prefers death to loss of reputation for hospitality Man looks for strangers so as to bestow hospitality on them

Filed beside it

Saint never drives fly or gnat from his face Saint gives calf to wolf Generosity Woman shelters son's murderer out of charity Bishop exchanges places with prisoner so as to have him return to his mother Envious man sets out to kill one who is noted for his generosity. He is won over by the generosity of his intended victim

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Hospitality. Relation of host and guest

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