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W. Traits of character.
W0--W99 Favorable traits of character.
W0. Favorable traits of character.
W2. Good inclinations enter body at puberty.
W10. Kindness. (Cf. Q40.)
W10.1. Saint never drives fly or gnat from his face.
W10.2. Saint gives calf to wolf.
W11. Generosity.
W11. Generosity.
W11. Generosity.
W11.1. Philanthropist will give his spurs if someone will drive his horse for him. ---- He has given away his coat, etc. to beggars. One finally asks for his spurs.
W11.2. Munificent monarch.
W11.2.1. Emperor thinks day lost when he gives no gifts.
W11.2.2. King will not eat breakfast till gifts are given.
W11.3. Man divides money into three parts: ---- (1) for the poor, (2) for pilgrims, (3) for himself and family.
W11.4. Man lets himself be sold as slave so as to practice generosity.
W11.4.1. Brahmin steals to feed guests (deities).
W11.5. Generosity toward enemy.
W11.5.1. Ruler pardons his enemies.
W11.5.1.1. Man pardons his assailants. ---- They attack again and are killed.
W11.5.2. Ruler pardons emissary who has come to murder him.
W11.5.3. Wronged knight conquers enemy and then pardons him.
W11.5.4. Conqueror returns defeated man's wife and family to him.
W11.5.5. Conqueror spares city.
W11.5.6. Ruler reproaches son for bringing him the head of his fallen enemy. ---- Latter given honorable burial.
W11.5.7. Man saved through intercession of enemy.
W11.5.7.1. Man pays fine for enemy who is falsely accused.
W11.5.8. Captor contributes to captive's ransom.
W11.5.9. Warrior gives steed to his enemy.
W11.5.9.1. Calumniated woman intercedes for accusers. (Cf. K2112.)
W11.5.9.2. Man's life spared through the intercession of the daughter he has wronged. ---- He has ordered her killed.
W11.5.10. Champion grants requested boon of safe convoy to his enemies.
W11.5.11. Chieftain spares enemies whom he takes unawares (unarmed).
W11.5.11.1. Chieftain who takes king unawares, spares him on condition that chieftain be called "lover" by women of king's tribe.
W11.5.12. Hero in battle refuses to slay charioteers, women, or physicians. (Cf. C867.1.)
W11.6. Ruler generously settles quarrel between loser and finder of money.
W11.7. Nobleman's generosity enables impoverished lover to entertain his lady.
W11.7.1. Impoverished nobleman offers wife to ruler. ---- Latter spares her honor and aids the couple.
W11.8. General sends for king so that the latter may get credit for victory.
W11.9. Prince donates all including a tooth. ---- When he has nothing left he is asked for a gift. He allows man to extract a tooth from his mouth. (Father had offered reward to anyone persuading his son to have it extracted.)
W11.10. Ruler protects thief. ---- Asks for the stolen plate and hides it so that it will not be found on the culprit.
W11.11. Ruler rewards man who would curb him.
W11.12. 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."
W11.12.1. King rewards knight with large sum of money. ---- Chancellor: "If you saw such a sum it would seem large to you." King answers that it looks small and doubles it.
W11.13. Novel sign of death. ---- It is the first time that what he has given away seems too much.
W11.14. Youngest brother shares wealth with older brothers who foolishly lost theirs. (Cf. L31.)
W11.15. Generous person refuses no man anything. (Cf. C871.)
W11.16. Generous king gives away his only eye.
W12. Hospitality as a virtue. (Cf. P320.)
W12.1. Man (king) prefers death to loss of reputation for hospitality.
W12.2. Man looks for strangers so as to bestow hospitality on them.
W15. Woman shelters son's murderer out of charity.
W15.1. Murderer goes to victim's son and asks to be killed. ---- The son aids him to escape.
W16. Bishop exchanges places with prisoner so as to have him return to his mother.
W18. Envious man sets out to kill one who is noted for his generosity. ---- He is won over by the generosity of his intended victim.
W20. Other favorable traits of character.
W21. Emperor friendly to everyone. ---- Would act as he should like an emperor to act toward him if he were a common man.
W23. Man never listens to scandal.
W24. Man speaks no evil.
W25. Equanimity of the comedian. ---- When he sees his house carried off by a flood, he fiddles the whole time. Type 944*.
W25.1. Equanimity of the enslaved unfortunate. ---- Does not complain when beset by a series of misfortunes. (Cf. N251.1.)
W25.2. Minister always says, "It is for the best," when anything happens.
W26. Patience.
W26. Patience.
W27. Gratitude.
W27. Gratitude.
W27. Gratitude.
W27. Gratitude.
W27. Gratitude.
W27. Gratitude.
W27. Gratitude.
W27. Gratitude.
W27. Gratitude.
W27. Gratitude.
W27.1. Man weeps with gratitude to God because He did not make him hideous as toad.
W28. Self-sacrifice.
W28.1. Woman drinks poison that son may be king.
W28.2. Woman sacrifices life for son's honor.
W28.3. Man leaps from vessel into jaws of sea-beast so as to save remaining passengers.
W28.4. Saint threatens to take place of homicide in hell unless soul is released.
W31. Obedience.
W31. Obedience.
W31. Obedience.
W31. Obedience.
W31. Obedience.
W32. Bravery.
W32.1. King Richard leads host to victory by leaping his horse overboard.
W33. Heroism.
W33.1. Badly wounded warrior continues fighting.
W33.2. Warrior refuses to delay battle in return for promise of long, happy life.
W34. Loyalty.
W34.1. Man constrained to flee with leader's fiancée resists her blandishments.
W34.2. Loyal friends refuse to fight against disgraced comrade. (Cf. P310.)
W34.3. Cowardly to leave battle while lord is alive.
W34.4. Fakir rewarded by prince with a life of luxury in city chooses to return to his monkey friends in jungle.
W35. Justice.
W35.1. Man picked to judge bull-fight because he is "no fairer to his friend than to his foe."
W35.2. Upright judge refuses a bribe: he is responsible to a higher tribunal called Conscience.
W37. Conscientiousness.
W37.0.1. Man never breaks his word.
W37.1. Oil well digger runs out of money, leaves the country, forgetting to tell his driller. ---- He returns fifty years later, finds the driller still drilling away.
W37.2. Man keeps promise to return to be eaten by tiger: let go without harm.
W37.3. Rabbi returns jewel found with bought ass. ---- He had not paid for it.
W43. Peacefulness.
W45. Honor.
W45.1. Prostrate soldier asks his enemy to stab him in the chest instead of the back in order to save his honor. ---- The captor frees him and the two become friends.
W100--W199 Unfavorable traits of character.
W100. Unfavorable traits of character.
W100. Unfavorable traits of character.
W100. Unfavorable traits of character.
W100. Unfavorable traits of character.
W100. Unfavorable traits of character.
W110. Unfavorable traits of character -- personal.
W111. Laziness. Types 368*, 675, 822, 843*, 1370*, 1405, 1454*, 1561, 1950.
W111. Laziness. Types 368*, 675, 822, 843*, 1370*, 1405, 1454*, 1561, 1950.
W111.1. Contest in laziness. ---- Each cites instances of his laziness. *Type 1950.
W111.1. Contest in laziness. ---- Each cites instances of his laziness. *Type 1950.
W111.1.1. Man lets legs burn in fire rather than move them.
W111.1.1.1. Man is burned to death because he is too lazy to put out spark.
W111.1.1.2. Lazy man's belongings burn. ---- He is too lazy to stop rats from playing with lighted candle.
W111.1.1.3. Man too lazy to open eyes to see where fire is burning.
W111.1.1.4. Three lazy beggars burn alive rather than run away from burning castle.
W111.1.1.5. Mother calls to daughter to tell her that she (daughter) is standing on a live coal. ---- The daughter asks which foot the coal is under.
W111.1.2. Man will not lift knife to cut rope about to hang him.
W111.1.3. Man will not move in bed when water drops in his eyes.
W111.1.4. Man so lazy that he will not wipe his running nose. ---- This causes him to lose prospective bride.
W111.1.5. Man floating in river too lazy to drink. ---- His voice is damaged.
W111.1.6. Man too lazy to pick up berries (dates).
W111.2. The lazy servant.
W111.2.0.1. Lazy servant gets others to perform his duties.
W111.2.1. Servant to call his master at daybreak: ---- looks into dark closet to see if it is yet light. They sleep till noon.
W111.2.2. Servant to close door at night: ---- leaves it open so that he will not have to open it next morning.
W111.2.3. "If it is day, give me food; if it is night, let me sleep." ---- The master has told the servant to go to work.
W111.2.4. Boy to see whether it is raining: ---- calls dog (cat) in and feels of his paws.
W111.2.5. Boy to see whether there is fire in the house: ---- feels of cat to see if she is warm.
W111.2.6. The boy eats breakfast, dinner, and supper one immediately after the other; ---- then he lies down to sleep. *Type 1561.
W111.2.7. Lazy boy always says that it is raining. ---- The peasant and the boy sleep during the rain in the hay barn. When the peasant asks, the boy always says that it is still raining.. Type 1560**.
W111.2.8. Lazy boy says he cannot walk.
W111.2.9. Servant tells master to cover his face: no need to put out lamp.
W111.3. The lazy wife.
W111.3.1. Lazy wife in soiled dress thinks husband is bringing her a new dress from market. ---- He is bringing a goose. Type 1371*.
W111.3.2. Cat beaten for not working. ---- Lazy wife must hold cat and is scratched. Type 1370*.
W111.3.3. Lazy wife throws bread out of window instead of putting it back into oven.
W111.3.4. Why he beats her. ---- Lazy wife beaten by husband maintains that she has done nothing. That is why he is beating her.
W111.3.5. Wife too lazy to spin. ---- Supposed dead husband comes back to life and gives his wife a beating, because there was no shirt even in the event of death.
W111.3.6. "Who will not work, shall not eat." ---- Idle daughter-in-law learns work.
W111.4. Lazy husband.
W111.5. Other lazy persons.
W111.5.1. Lazy mother given shoes of cotton; son knows that she will not wear them out.
W111.5.2. Lazy girl does not know here the spring is. Type 1453*.
W111.5.3. Lazy man asked direction only points with his foot.
W111.5.4. Lazy dog wakes only for his meals.
W111.5.5. Man in mud too lazy to take hand extended to help him up.
W111.5.6. Lazy son-in-law: afraid of a dog.
W111.5.7. Ruler is too lazy to stop quarrels. ---- They lead to his death.
W111.5.8. Man with stolen fig in his mouth submits to having cheek lanced rather than open his mouth. (Cf. J1842.2.)
W111.5.8.1. Man is so lazy that he starves rather than open his mouth for food to fall in when it falls from trees.
W111.5.9. Learning a trade in bed. ---- Working independently, the lazy fellow spoils the materials received -- starts making something big, which at the end turns to nothing. For example, begins with forging a plough: this becomes an axe, the axe a knife, and knife a needle, the needle -- nothing. (Cf. J2080.)
W111.5.10. Lazy man asks if wood is split before he accepts it as a gift.
W111.5.10.1. Lazy man is being taken to poorhouse or out of town or to cemetery to be buried alive. ---- The group take pity on him, offer him various articles to help him get started again. One offers a bushel of corn. The lazy one rises up from the bottom of the wagon or coffin where he has been lying: "Is the corn shelled?"
W111.5.11. Lazy man misses seeing the sheriff's funeral; ---- he is facing the wrong way as the procession passes.
W111.5.12. Man digs three potatoes in one day: ---- one dug, one being dug, one about to be dug.
W111.5.13. Man weeds garden from cushioned rocking chair, using fire tongs to reach weeds.
W115. Slovenliness. (Cf. Q322.)
W115.1. The slovenly fiancée. Type 1453**.
W115.2. Woman becomes clean only after three washings and the use of three pounds of soap. Type 1447*.
W115.3. Rancher is not recognized by his wife and family after he has cleaned up in town at hotel.
W116. Vanity.
W116.1. Old woman reaches town before vain fop who stops to adjust clothes.
W116.2. Expenditure of money for vanity.
W116.3. Plain people made rulers have vain display.
W116.4. Peacock admires self in mirror.
W116.5. Wasp seeking fame stings courtiers: killed.
W116.6. Wealthy man pretends enjoyment of good music. ---- Told when to applaud.
W116.7. Use of strange language to show one's high education.
W116.8. Jackal forces all animals who come to drink to praise him like a king.
W117. Boastfulness.
W117.1. Neglected wife given trifle boasts of it.
W121. Cowardice.
W121. Cowardice.
W121. Cowardice.
W121. Cowardice.
W121.1. Hunter wants to be shown lion tracks, not lion himself.
W121.2. Coward boasts when there is no danger. (Cf. J974, J978.)
W121.2.1. Ass insults dying lion.
W121.2.2. Fox insults caged lion.
W121.2.3. Crow sits on sheep's back; afraid to sit on dog's.
W121.2.4. Dogs tear up lion skin: fear living lion.
W121.2.5. Coward gloats over robber slain by another person.
W121.2.6. Monkey safe in tree insults gorilla as "broken face".
W121.3. Cowardly soldier turns back when he hears raven's croak.
W121.4. Queen mother shames cowardly son and companions. ---- "In truth, gentlemen, you do well in weeping; for since you didn’t fight like men to defend your land, it is suitable that now you weep like women on leaving it."
W121.5. Cowardly spider rushes at fly but hides when wasp appears.
W121.6. Coward gives his purse to thief with lame excuse.
W121.7. Cowardly bridegroom flees elephant and loses bride.
W121.8. Illness from fear.
W121.8.1. Swooning from cowardice.
W123. Indecision. (Cf. J1040.)
W123.1. The man who only tasted wine. ---- Will not drink but gets drunk nevertheless by frequent tasting.
W125. Gluttony.
W125.1. Greedy animal eats poisoned fruit in spite of warning.
W125.2. Gluttonous wife eats all the meal while cooking it.
W125.3. New son-in-law given choice of meals eats all.
W125.4. Pupil eats cakes given as alms for his master.
W125.5. Husband eats wife's share of food as well as his own.
W126. Disobedience.
W126. Disobedience.
W126. Disobedience.
W126. Disobedience.
W126. Disobedience.
W126.1. Monk obedient only as long as work is agreeable. ---- Always says that unpleasant work is beneath his dignity.
W127. Petulance.
W128. Dissatisfaction.
W128. Dissatisfaction.
W128. Dissatisfaction.
W128. Dissatisfaction.
W128.1. Hog tired of his daily food. ---- Goes to the judge and gets better food assigned to him, but the fox cheats him out of it. Type 211*.
W128.2. Dissatisfied fox. ---- In kingdom of lions laments that he always gets the worst bits of food.
W128.3. Dissatisfied rivers complain against sea. ---- Say that it makes their water unusable.
W128.4. Peacock dissatisfied with his voice.
W128.5. Monk dissatisfied with things as he has them is admonished to take what he receives from God.
W128.6. Sparrow dissatisfied with pond water wants to go to sea.
W131. Profligacy.
W131.1. Profligate wastes entire fortune before beginning his own adventures.
W133. Inconsistency.
W133.1. Prince penalizes cursing, although he himself curses.
W133.2. Woman admires marvelous shot of hero which kills deer, ---- but angers him when she begs mercy for the deer.
W136. False modesty.
W136. False modesty.
W136.1. Look! look! she cries from the barrel. ---- A nobleman has arranged for a peasant girl to become his mistress. When he comes to take her away he cannot find her. Disappointed, he is about to depart when the girl, who has hidden in a barrel, calls out "Look!" She really wants to be found.
W137. Curiosity.
W137. Curiosity.
W137. Curiosity.
W141. Talkativeness.
W150. Unfavorable traits of character -- social.
W151. Greed.
W151. Greed.
W151.0.1. Cauldron of greed.
W151.1. Harlot weeps when her impoverished lover leaves her to think that she has left him his coat.
W151.2. Visiting friends take everything from house of dying man.
W151.2.1. Visitors of sick stag eat up all his provisions so that he starves.
W151.2.2. Hospitable man impoverished by greedy guests.
W151.3. Wolves devour an ox without leaving a share for the rightful owner.
W151.4. Snake and weasel stop fighting in order to catch mouse.
W151.5. Father-in-law sued for breach of contract because he does not die in two years as he has predicted.
W151.6. Hog with broken leg refuses to tell another where peas are to be found. ---- "I intend to go there myself as soon as I get well again."
W151.7. Eats up the money. ---- Old man before dying eats his money. In church, son wants to cut corpse open and get the money. The devil: "Don't spoil the skin." Shakes money out of the corpse's throat and takes the skin.
W151.7. Eats up the money. ---- Old man before dying eats his money. In church, son wants to cut corpse open and get the money. The devil: "Don't spoil the skin." Shakes money out of the corpse's throat and takes the skin.
W151.8. Thieves quarrel over booty: owner comes. (Cf. J2136.5.2.)
W151.9. Greedy person (animal) gets hand (head) stuck in food jar.
W151.10. Greedy man tries to stuff food into his nostrils as well as into his mouth.
W152. Stinginess.
W152. Stinginess.
W152. Stinginess.
W152. Stinginess.
W152. Stinginess.
W152. Stinginess.
W152.1. Man had rather be burned alive than to share food with a guest.
W152.2. Man had rather be burned alive than to share food with a guest.
W152.3. Stingy dead woman raises her head to correct account of laundress, ---- who is overcharging her daughter.
W152.4. Stingy man forced to share his money ---- when he lies and says he has none.
W152.5. Stingy woman will not give soup to man until she spills it. ---- Then she says he may have the soup.
W152.6. Stingy king will not hire soldiers: defeated.
W152.7. Spider in stingy woman's house grows thin. Type 286*.
W152.8. Stingy horse refuses ass little feed, though he promises much for later time.
W152.9. Stingy man cancels invitations to his guests. ---- "It is better that they speak ill of me on an empty stomach than on a full one."
W152.10. Drummer drums for own wedding so as to save expense.
W152.11. Stingy men love possessions so much that they wear out their feet to save shoes.
W152.12. Stingy man and his servants.
W152.12.1. Farmer gets help up early in morning for a light breakfast: ---- A glass of water and a lantern.
W152.12.2. Stingy farmer encourages help by promise of hot lunch. ---- The servant discovers that the hot lunch is a mustard sandwich.
W152.12.3. Master insists that maid whistle when she brings in the dessert. ---- He is afraid she will eat the raisins out of the cakes.
W152.12.4. Master insists that servants whistle as they pick strawberries so that they cannot eat any.
W152.13. The stingy man and his animals.
W152.13.1. A stranger notices that man's cows need feed, feeds them. They die of the shock of being fed.
W152.14. Man who insists on using everything that is useful.
W152.14.1. Man finds a bunghole lying around loose, has cooper build a barrel around it.
W152.14.2. Man saves sausage skins, sends them back for refilling.
W152.15. Stingy man does not eat butter; only looks at it and enjoys the thought.
W152.16. Wife of stingy man prays that her husband becomes sick so that she can get better food.
W152.17. Wife keeps half of the money she plans to give for a shrine.
W153. Miserliness.
W153. Miserliness.
W153.1. Miser's heart found in his strong-box.
W153.2. Miserly husband spies on wife to see that she does not eat too much. ---- Gets burned in the chimney and beaten in the bed where he hides. Type 1407.
W153.2.1. Miserly husband spies on wife, lest she cook too much.
W153.3. Miserly wife exposed to guests by her husband.
W153.4. Man is so miserly that he never drinks wine until it becomes strong. ---- Gets full benefit from it.
W153.5. Friar so miserly that he stays in ditch three days before "lending" a hand to his rescuers.
W153.6. Miser dreams that he spends some money. ---- Strangles himself in his sleep.
W153.7. Miser decides not to commit suicide. ---- Does not want the expense of a rope.
W153.7.1. Miser is given rope to hang himself. ---- Miser annoys merchant so much over the price of a rope that the latter gives it to him provided he will hang himself as he plans to do.
W153.8. Miser appoints himself as the sole heir of his own estate.
W153.9. Miser decides to kill his pigs himself. ---- Refuses to pay fee. Chain of circumstances makes it infinitely more expensive.
W153.10. Miser is rebuked by friend. ---- "You get no benefit from your wealth." Proves his folly.
W153.11. Miser dies because he will not buy a candle.
W153.11.1. Dying miser tells son to extinguish candle just as soon as he dies.
W153.11.2. Miser runs back home to put out lamp left burning.
W153.12. Miser is kidnapped and held for ransom.
W153.13. Wood dealer prays for raja's death so that he can sell sandal wood for funeral pyre.
W153.14. Miser tries to reduce sacrifice promised to god.
W153.15. Miser prays to enter heaven with his clothes on: gold coins sewn into undergarments.
W154. Ingratitude.
W154. Ingratitude.
W154. Ingratitude.
W154. Ingratitude.
W154. Ingratitude.
W154. Ingratitude.
W154. Ingratitude.
W154. Ingratitude.
W154. Ingratitude.
W154. Ingratitude.
W154. Ingratitude.
W154.1. Man dismissed after years of service with a pittance. *Type 592.
W154.1.1. Usurer's ingratitude toward servant. ---- Dismisses him and charges him for a rope which he had cut while saving the usurer from hanging.
W154.2. Monster ungrateful for rescue. *Type 426.
W154.2.1. Rescued animal threatens rescuer. *Type 155.
W154.2.2. Man ungrateful for rescue by animal.
W154.3. Crane pulls bone from wolf's throat: wolf refuses payment. ---- "That you were allowed to take your beak from my throat is payment enough." (Cf. B382. *Type 76.)
W154.3.1.
W154.3.2. Tiger has thorn pulled by man: attacks man.
W154.4. Hunter beats dog which has grown old in his service.
W154.5. Dog tries to bite man rescuing him from well.
W154.5.1. Ungrateful fox hits with tail the man who carries him across stream.
W154.5.1.1. Man kills whale which carried him home across sea.
W154.5.1.2. Man who has been rescued from pit tries to kill his monkey rescuer for food.
W154.5.1.3. Ungrateful ape plucks feathers from heron who has carried him across water.
W154.6. Ungrateful wanderer pulls nut tree to pieces to get the nuts.
W154.7. Wanderers in shade of plane tree blame it for not bearing fruit.
W154.8. Grateful animals; ungrateful man. ---- A traveler saves a monkey, a snake, a tiger, and a jeweler from a pit. The monkey gives him fruit; the tiger a necklace of a princess he has killed. The jeweler accuses the rescuer before the king. The serpent saves him by biting the prince and then showing the man the proper remedy. *Type 160.
W154.8. Grateful animals; ungrateful man. ---- A traveler saves a monkey, a snake, a tiger, and a jeweler from a pit. The monkey gives him fruit; the tiger a necklace of a princess he has killed. The jeweler accuses the rescuer before the king. The serpent saves him by biting the prince and then showing the man the proper remedy. *Type 160.
W154.8. Grateful animals; ungrateful man. ---- A traveler saves a monkey, a snake, a tiger, and a jeweler from a pit. The monkey gives him fruit; the tiger a necklace of a princess he has killed. The jeweler accuses the rescuer before the king. The serpent saves him by biting the prince and then showing the man the proper remedy. *Type 160.
W154.8. Grateful animals; ungrateful man. ---- A traveler saves a monkey, a snake, a tiger, and a jeweler from a pit. The monkey gives him fruit; the tiger a necklace of a princess he has killed. The jeweler accuses the rescuer before the king. The serpent saves him by biting the prince and then showing the man the proper remedy. *Type 160.
W154.8. Grateful animals; ungrateful man. ---- A traveler saves a monkey, a snake, a tiger, and a jeweler from a pit. The monkey gives him fruit; the tiger a necklace of a princess he has killed. The jeweler accuses the rescuer before the king. The serpent saves him by biting the prince and then showing the man the proper remedy. *Type 160.
W154.9. Man rescued from drowning kills rescuer.
W154.9.1. Whales rescue drowning king who planned to kill them.
W154.10. Snake kills ungrateful tamer.
W154.11. Tiger returns rope to former captor: rewarded by having tail cut off.
W154.12. Man kills his rescuer in order to collect reward.
W154.12.1. Knight is ungrateful for rescue in battle.
W154.12.2. Ungrateful Brahmin brings his wild goose rescuer to king as remedy against leprosy.
W154.12.3. Ungrateful brothers plot against rescuer. *Types 550, 551.
W154.13. Benefactor falsely accused of theft by ungrateful youth.
W154.14. Woman who saves suitor from death is later condemned to die by the ingrate.
W154.15. King magistrate is victim of ingratitude. ---- Gives lawbreaker a light sentence. The latter seduces the magistrate's wife.
W154.16. Ruler persecutes his friends and is kind to his enemies. ---- Is killed.
W154.17. Man beheads rescuer for leaving him so long in pain.
W154.18. Man ungrateful for life saved because rescuer helped others also.
W154.19. Ungrateful Jew steals horse of Christian who has lent it to him.
W154.20. Man beats people bearing him gifts.
W154.21.
W154.22. Person compared to nettle, which stings the hand that protects it.
W154.23. Ingratitude from ignorance.
W154.24. Man fails to feed his animal rescuer.
W154.25. Man sets dogs onto bear after bear has carried him home to safety.
W154.26. Man demands ever larger gifts.
W154.26.1. Man trades an egg for a needle, demands treat of a gill of rum, the traditional reward for traders. ---- The storekeeper gives him the rum; he asks for an egg in it. The storekeeper breaks an egg (the one he has just traded the needle for) into the rum. It has two yolks; the trader asks for two needles.
W154.27. Man works his horses to death, then complains that borrowed horse overeats.
W154.28. Wizard makes pupil think himself Emperor and exposes pupil's ingratitude.
W155. Hardness of heart.
W155. Hardness of heart.
W155. Hardness of heart.
W155. Hardness of heart.
W155.1. Hardhearted horse allows ass to be overburdened until it is crushed. ---- Horse must then assume the load.
W155.1.1. Old bullock deserted and left to die.
W155.1.2. Man overloads and starves camel.
W155.2. Man helping another across stream drops him ---- when he learns that he has lost his high position.
W155.3. Man unable to weep for hardness of heart.
W155.4. Hardhearted person refuses reprieve for father's murderers.
W155.5. Permission refused to drink from water tank.
W156. The dog in the manger. ---- Has no use for the manger but refuses to give it up to the horse.
W157. Dishonesty.
W157.1. Priest uses fortune dishonestly made to erect monuments to himself.
W158. Inhospitality. (Cf. Q292.)
W161. Love of publicity.
W161.1. Three envoys debate as to which of them should be received with the greatest honor.
W165. False pride. ---- Son ashamed of his peasant father who brings him money. Father disinherits him. (Cf. Q331.)
W165.1. Humble man after speaking to king disdains his own family.
W165.2. Ass after associating with lion disdains his own family.
W167. Stubbornness.
W167.1. Two stubborn goats meet each other on a bridge. ---- Neither will step aside; both fall into water. Type 202*.
W167.2. Woman's stubbornness causes loss of chance to go on pilgrimage.
W171. Two-facedness.
W171.1. Man winks both at buyer and seller. ---- He tries to appear friendly to both.
W175. Changeableness.
W175.1. Sister gives due honor and regard to brother only in times of his prosperity.
W181. Jealousy.
W181. Jealousy.
W181. Jealousy.
W181.1. Sheep jealous of dog because he does nothing. ---- Do not consider that he guards the flock.
W181.2. King kills architect after completion of great building, ---- so that he may never again build one so great. (Cf. S161.0.1, W154.21.)
W181.2.1. Architect kills pupil who has surpassed him in skill.
W181.2.2. Architect commits suicide when he discovers that his pupil has surpassed him in skill.
W181.3. Raven wants to be as white as a swan.
W181.4. Jealous fox betrays wolf to peasant and then appropriates wolf's cave and food. ---- Peasant kills him in a few days.
W181.5. Raven jealous of partridge's way of flying.
W181.6. Jealousy of Venus in the love of Psyche and Cupid.
W181.7. Ruler who is jealous of his subjects' happiness prohibits their games.
W182. The crying child. ---- He stops crying so that after a rest he can cry louder than ever.
W185. Violence of temper.
W185.1. Man demonstrates his violence of temper. ---- He overhears a man tell of his temper. In anger he enters and demands to know when he has ever lost his temper.
W185.2. Prayer that overbearing knight's illness be increased. ---- A little sickness has made him kind; more may make him kinder.
W185.3. Temper lost from reading history. ---- Man so angered that he refuses to pay his workmen.
W185.4. Monk loses temper at cup and breaks it.
W185.5. Violence of judge's temper leads him to have men given death sentence unjustly.
W185.6. Insult worse than wound. ---- The lion to the man: "The wound has healed, but the pain of harsh words still remains."
W187. Insolence.
W188. Contentiousness. (Cf. Q300.)
W193. Extortion.
W193.1. Man extorts large price for betel leaf from addict.
W195. Envy. (Cf. Q302.)
W195.1. Goose and turkey envious of peacock point out its ugly legs and voice.
W196. Lack of patience.
W200--W299 Traits of character -- miscellaneous.
W200. Traits of character -- miscellaneous.
W211. Active imagination.
W211.1. The boy: "If I had one and then got two more, I should have three." Type 2411.
W211.2. "I surely saw a hundred wolves (snakes)." -- ---- 'There weren't so many as that." -- "Well, what made the noise in the bushes?" Type 2009*.
W211.3. "I am not alone!" ---- Man travelling alone through the forest at night, is afraid of robbers. He hangs his cap on a stick and keeps repeating: "I am not travelling alone, there are two of us."
W212. Eagerness for combat.
W212.1. Eager warriors go through tent wall. ---- Warriors so eager for battle they do not take time to go out of tent door but go through the tent wall.
W212.2. Warriors contend with each other until battle starts. ---- When they agree to engage in battle, they cannot endure to be without combat.
W213. Man will not allow food served to strangers until a man of them wrestles with him.
W213.1. Host requires deed of bravery before feast is eaten.
W214. Man will not do a woman's bidding.
W215. Extreme prudence.
W215.1. Magic help sent to enemy. ---- Hero sends fairy healing charms to his enemy so that when they resume fighting it cannot be said he wins because of superior care.
W215.2. Refusal to fight wounded enemy. ---- Hero feels it dishonorable to fight with sorely wounded enemy, because it would be said he died of previous wounds rather than the ones hero might inflict.
W215.3. Long life sacrificed that descendants may be kings as prophesied. (Cf. M314.)
W216. Thrift.
W216.1. Thrifty merchant tells son that even a snake laid by will be useful.
W225. Taciturn man.
W225.1. Man is rebuked for loquaciousness when he speaks after thirty-seven days.
W226. Moving home simple for poor man. ---- Man is so poor that when he moves all he has to do is to put out the fire and whistle for the dog to follow him.
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