Dishonesty — Mythoi

Motif

Dishonesty.

Traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character – social. · view the constellation · filed as W157

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 25
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXIII XXIII. Our Debt to the Savage
Hermetic / Alchemical The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged , Tract 18: The Three Treatises of Philalethes, I: The Metamorphosis of Metals
Depth Commentary The Interpretation of Dreams , Chapter V
Depth Commentary The Interpretation of Dreams , Chapter VI

Filed across the traditions

Irish Beal XXI 327, O'Suilleabhain 75
Icelandic *Boberg
India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Unfavorable traits of character – social.

1 finer motif beneath it

Priest uses fortune dishonestly made to erect monuments to himself

Filed beside it

Greed Stinginess Miserliness Ingratitude Hardness of heart The dog in the manger. Has no use for the manger but refuses to give it up to the horse 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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