The constellation
J1711 Numskulls go a-travelling. (Cf. J1742.)
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
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The same sky, in words
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- Association with fools · J1710 entry
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- Numskulls quarrel over a greeting. Three men greeted by a stranger. Quarrel as to whom he greeted. "I greeted the biggest fool among you." A contest is held in which tales are told to decide which is the biggest fool · J1712 entry
- Foolish married couples. (Cf. J1701, J1702.) · J1713 entry
- Association of wise men with fools · J1714 entry
- A fool objects to fools as companions. Leaves when placed between two fools at table · J1715 entry
- Three silly pundits sent to a raja as the two-footed cattle he had demanded · J1717 entry