Raven wants to be as white as a swan

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Raven wants to be as white as a swan.

Traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character – social. · view the constellation · filed as W181.3

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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general Wienert FFC LVI *46 (ET 49), 90 (ST 26)
general Halm Aesop No. 206.

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Filed under Jealousy.

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Sheep jealous of dog because he does nothing. Do not consider that he guards the flock King kills architect after completion of great building, so that he may never again build one so great. (Cf. S161.0.1, W154.21.)Jealous fox betrays wolf to peasant and then appropriates wolf's cave and food. Peasant kills him in a few days Raven jealous of partridge's way of flying Jealousy of Venus in the love of Psyche and Cupid Ruler who is jealous of his subjects' happiness prohibits their games

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