Hardness of heart — Mythoi

Motif

Hardness of heart.

Traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character – social. · view the constellation · filed as W155

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , APPENDIX, ch. 34
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 19
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 21
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 25
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 1, Section III

Filed across the traditions

West Indies Flowers 583.
general England, U.S.: Baughman

Within the index

Filed under Unfavorable traits of character – social.

5 finer motifs beneath it

Hardhearted horse allows ass to be overburdened until it is crushed. Horse must then assume the load Man helping another across stream drops him when he learns that he has lost his high position Man unable to weep for hardness of heart Hardhearted person refuses reprieve for father's murderers Permission refused to drink from water tank

Filed beside it

Greed Stinginess Miserliness Ingratitude The dog in the manger. Has no use for the manger but refuses to give it up to the horse Dishonesty Inhospitality. (Cf. Q292.) Love of publicity False pride. Son ashamed of his peasant father who brings him money. Father disinherits him. (Cf. Q331.) Stubbornness Two-facedness Changeableness Jealousy The crying child. He stops crying so that after a rest he can cry louder than ever Violence of temper Insolence

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