The constellation
K1956 Sham wise man
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● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Sham prowess · K1950 entry
beneath it
- Sham wise man gives a purgative and helps find a lost horse. His pills get the credit · K1956.1 entry
- Sham wise man hides something and is rewarded for finding it · K1956.2 entry
- Sham wise man declares who committed the theft: robbers · K1956.3 entry
- Sham wise man does not know where his own house is. Unmasked · K1956.4 entry
- Sham wise man stays alone feigning study. Is really killing flies · K1956.5 entry
- Sham wise man (girl's confederate) interprets pretended dream for girl. Insists she be allowed to marry man of her own choice · K1956.6 entry
- Sham wise man pretends knowledge from dream: really overheard conversation · K1956.7 entry
- Sham wise man burns house where he pretends to keep his marvelous books, and is free from being called again · K1956.8 entry
- Sham wise man accidentally predicts weather correctly · K1956.9 entry
- Boy, posing as magician, agitates purported all-knowing pig's head in front of his enemies, identifying them as dishonest men · K1956.10 entry
carried in tale type
- Doctor Know-All · ATU 1641