μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Unfavorable traits of character – social.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Man demonstrates his violence of temper. He overhears a man tell of his temper. In anger he enters and demands to know when he has ever lost his temperPrayer that overbearing knight's illness be increased. A little sickness has made him kind; more may make him kinderTemper lost from reading history. Man so angered that he refuses to pay his workmenMonk loses temper at cup and breaks it. [Inadvertant duplication of H1553.5.]Violence of judge's temper leads him to have men given death sentence unjustlyInsult worse than wound. The lion to the man: "The wound has healed, but the pain of harsh words still remains."
Filed beside it
GreedStinginessMiserlinessIngratitudeHardness of heartThe dog in the manger. Has no use for the manger but refuses to give it up to the horseDishonestyInhospitality. (Cf. Q292.)Love of publicityFalse pride. Son ashamed of his peasant father who brings him money. Father disinherits him. (Cf. Q331.)StubbornnessTwo-facednessChangeablenessJealousyThe crying child. He stops crying so that after a rest he can cry louder than everInsolence

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