The dog in the manger. Has no use for the manger but refuses to give it up to the horse

Motif

The dog in the manger. Has no use for the manger but refuses to give it up to the horse.

Traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character – social. · view the constellation · filed as W156

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Scholars’ trail — 7references

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.

general Wienert FFC LVI 54, 58 (ET 142, 195), 132, 147 (ST 385, 518)
general Halm Aesop No. 228
general Phaedrus I No. 19
general Hervieux II 11
general Herbert III 14
general Crane Vitry 201 No. 161
general Jacobs Aesop 209 No. 40.

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Filed under Unfavorable traits of character – social.

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Greed Stinginess Miserliness Ingratitude Hardness of heart 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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