μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Filed under Other favorable traits of character.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Man never breaks his wordOil well digger runs out of money, leaves the country, forgetting to tell his driller. He returns fifty years later, finds the driller still drilling awayMan keeps promise to return to be eaten by tiger: let go without harmRabbi returns jewel found with bought ass. He had not paid for it
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Emperor friendly to everyone. Would act as he should like an emperor to act toward him if he were a common manMan never listens to scandalMan speaks no evilEquanimity of the comedian. When he sees his house carried off by a flood, he fiddles the whole timePatienceGratitudeSelf-sacrificeObedienceBraveryHeroismLoyaltyJusticePeacefulnessHonor

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