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Motifs
- Neighing of horse indicates important spot. B155.4
- Earthquake at death of important person. F960.2.5
- Eclipse of sun at important historical events. (Cf. A737.) F961.1.9
- Wasp twits butterfly with coming from ugly chrysalis: unimportant where you come from. J312.1
- Choices: important and unimportant work. J370
- Wealth is most important. J707
- King refuses to have fine tomb erected for him since his stay on earth is so unimportant. J912.2
- Silence points to guilt. Important man quarrels with commoner. Asks bystanders: "Who is right?" Silence. Newcomer states that the important man is wrong. "Had he been right the others would have said so." J1141.8
- The servant of God beaten. A man who says that he is the servant of so and so is treated with great consideration. His companion, who says that he is a servant of God is put to work. He cannot understand why God's servant should not be more important than the other. J2215.2
- Numskull with unimportant office boasts of it. J2331
- Which is more important, learning or wit? N141.1
- King playing chess when important news arrives. P14.3
- Three sons each get a kingship, but the youngest the most important in the home country. (Cf. P17.8.) P17.10
- Peace in marriage more important than truth. T203