743. Phoebus et Terra. Sol Deus, scilicet qui dicitur Phoebus, accepta uxore, genuit alium Solem. Cum autem multi gauderent eo quod duos Soles haberent, Terra lugebat, et mirabantur alii, quaerentes a Terra cur non gauderet. Quibus Terra respondit, “Unus Sol solus iam aliquando siccabat me quod fructificare non poteram; quanto magis duo Soles me siccabunt et sterilem reddent!” Quam fatui qui exsultant dum filii nascuntur dominis suis! Non enim gaudendum est de dominorum pluralitate.
M0743 (not in Perry). Source: De Vitry 142. This fable is not in Perry’s catalog; Perry was not systematic in his coverage of medieval sources. For a story about the frogs and the sun, see #607. For another fable about having many masters, see the story of the birds and their kings, #434.
