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- Modesty of God. A102.15
- Beetle makes immoderate request; ant moderate: inverse awards. Creator hears wishes of animals. Beetle wants strong, noble appearance. Ant is modest. Beetle punished by being made to creep on ground. Ant is given own castle. (Cf. A2441.3.1.) A2232.3
- "Do not trust the over-holy": counsel proved wise by experience. Wife so modest she will not travel with husband (adulteress); priest so pious he will not tread on worm (thief). J21.18
- Monk shames accuser by telling parable. Wind, Water, and Modesty (Sense of Shame). The first two give their addresses but the third says she has no address as no one wants her. J91
- Judge should possess humility and modesty. J904
- Absurdly modest wish. Granted any wish, the fool chooses a trifle. J2076
- Absurdly modest wish: no lights on certain night except in her own house. J2076.1
- Making modesty pay. Robber insists on disrobing woman before throwing her from precipice. She pleads to have him turn his face while she disrobes. She pushes him off. (Cf. K1645.) K551.4.3
- The bride's (wife's) false modesty. Wears gloves, etc. to bed. K2052.1
- Modesty brings reward. L200
- Modest choice best. L210
- Modest choice: three caskets type. Objects from which choice is to be made are hidden in caskets (or the like). The worst looking casket proves to be the best choice. L211
- Modest choice proves good (simple unique privilege). Girl offered reward of five villages chooses rather to be only one on certain night to be allowed to have light in her house and to keep all animals who enter as hers. All kinds of livestock come. L212.4
- Modest choice best: wife chosen from crowd of women – only one poorly dressed. L213.1
- Former poverty chosen over new riches. Weaver laments loss of water vessel. Offered many new, but prefers old and modest life. L217.1
- Modest request best. L220
- Modest request: present from the journey. Asked what her father shall bring her as a present, the heroine chooses a modest gift. It is usually a flower but sometimes does not turn out to be such a simple gift after all (golden cloak, golden apple). L221
- Modest choice: parting gift. Small gift with blessing preferred to large gift with parent's curse. L222
- Modest choice for parting gift – money or counsels. Counsels chosen. L222.1
- Modest parting gift best – meat or bones. Bones thrown to pursuing dogs delay them and allow escape; not so with meat. L222.2