The constellation
J1531 Borrower's absurdities
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- One absurdity rebukes another · J1530 entry
beneath it
- The transformed golden pumpkin. Borrower of golden pumpkin returns a brass pumpkin and claims that the gold has turned to brass. The lender takes the borrower's son and returns with an ape. He claims that the boy has turned into an ape · J1531.1 entry
- The iron-eating mice. Trustee claims that mice have eaten the iron scales confided to him. The host abducts the trustee's son and says that a falcon has carried him off · J1531.2 entry
- The pot has a child and dies. A borrower returns a pot along with a small one saying that the pot has had a young one. The pots are accepted. He borrows the pot a second time and keeps it. He sends word that the pot has died · J1531.3 entry
carried in tale type
- The Clothesline · ATU 1593