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Motifs — first 20 of 229
- Sun led through stream to cool off heat at night; otherwise might consume earth. A722.5.2
- Wise eagle in the earth-tree. A878.3.4
- Origin of death from unwise choice. Choice between two bundles, one containing tempting articles, the other everlasting life. People choose the large bundle and lose everlasting life. A1335.3
- Inequalities of fortune among men, otherwise the work of the world will not go on. A1599.8
- Wise animals. B120
- Wise magpie. B122.0.1
- Wise golden peacock. B122.0.2
- Wise owl. B122.0.3
- Wise eagle (in Yggdrasil). B122.0.5
- Wise mother eagle distinguishes between stupid and intelligent eaglets. B122.5
- Wise reptile. B123
- Wise serpent. (Cf. B161–165, B176.) B123.1
- Wise fish. (Cf. B175.) B124
- Salmon as oldest and wisest of animals. B124.1
- Helpful animal otherwise acquired. B319
- Animals serve man otherwise. B579
- Tabu: stepping on bread (or otherwise misusing it). C535
- One must eat "death vegetable" whenever one sees it. Otherwise god will be angry. C662
- Injunction: sleep where night overtakes you. Otherwise misfortune will come. C683
- Tabu: striking monster twice. Though monster begs that hero strike him again, hero refuses. Monster would otherwise revive. C742
Episodes
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 94 94._THE PEASANT'S WISE DAUGHTEE.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 104 104.— WISE FOLKS.
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 162 162.— THE WISE SERVANT.
- The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged · Tract 3: The Sophic Hydrolith, or Water Stone of the Wise
- The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged · Tract 22: The All-Wise Doorkeeper, or a Fourfold Figure
- Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None · Chapter 30 XXX. THE FAMOUS WISE ONES.
Tale types
- ATU 1143 Ogre Otherwise Injured
- ATU 1248 Tree-trunks Laid Crosswise on a Sledge [J1964]
- ATU 1533 The Wise Carving of the Fowl [H601]
- ATU 655 The Wise Brothers
- ATU 875D* The Prince's Seven Wise Teachers
- ATU 910A The Father's Precepts Disregarded (previously Wise Through Experience)
- ATU 912 The Wise Man and the Rain of Fools