Generosity in the tale works only as fast as one gives it away

Evidence

It was true. A handful of barley in the bowl became enough to feed the village; one coin became a purse. But the magic worked only as fast as she gave: when she filled the bowl to share, it overflowed; when, just once, she set a portion aside to hoard ‘for safety,’ the hoarded share turned to dust. She understood, and she never hoarded again. Through her bowl the whole valley was fed in hard years. — , A Year of World Stories, 11787

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘power in the action not the object’ theme echoes the grandfather’s line in other sources about internal virtues over artifacts. — connects to: A giver of what he does not own will take what you own — , A Year of World Stories, 944; Giving something away can make it grow rather than diminish — , A Year of World Stories, 11790; Generosity presupposes original plenitude; dialectical lack undercuts the power to give. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 688

Related

• Giving something away can make it grow rather than diminish (similarity 0.89)
• Generosity presupposes original plenitude; dialectical lack undercuts the power to give. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Giving something away can make it grow rather than diminish #corroborates (0.85) — , A Year of World Stories, 11790