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- Husband has friend woo his wife: wife is generous to certain point only. Husband makes her wear dress symbolic of her generosity – blouse of coarse cloth; dress of gold brocade. H492.2.1
- Question (propounded on quest): Is a poor shepherd known to God? Answer: He had been a very generous god-fearing person in his last birth and God had not forgotten him. H1292.17
- Which was the most generous – husband, robber, or lover? Woman has promised her lover to go to him on her wedding night. Husband lets her go. On way she meets robbers and tells her story. Robbers take her to her lover. She tells what has happened. Lover returns her immediately to her husband. H1552.1
- Which was most generous – husband, lover, or magician (similar)? H1552.1.1
- Saint gives liberally to gambler, little to beggar. Gambler is generous, beggar hoards. J225.6
- Story told to discover thief. Judge tells story of the lady, her husband, her lover, and the robbers (H1552.1). Which was the most generous? Witness says that robber was. This shows that he has robber's point of view. J1177
- Vow to serve only the most generous of all kings. M167
- Reward for generosity to king's buffoon. Ruler rewards herald who is generous to his buffoon. Q42.5
- Cobbler gives new pair of shoes to poor boy and says: "You can pay me when you become archbishop." Generously rewarded many years later. Q42.9
- Man saves the unrecognized devil from thunder and is generously rewarded. Q45.2.1
- Punishment for stinginess: amends made by being generous and liberal. (Cf. Q276.) Q589.3
- Ruler generously settles quarrel between loser and finder of money. W11.6
- The generous correction. Ruler asks treasurer to give man 200 crowns. Treasurer makes error and puts down 300. Ruler raises sum to 400. "I can't allow your pen to be more liberal than I." W11.12
- Generous person refuses no man anything. (Cf. C871.) W11.15
- Generous king gives away his only eye. W11.16
- Man takes case against wind for damages. Wanting to have nothing to do with a court, the wind generously makes good the damages, and punishes the judge guilty of bribery. Z115.1