Crow drops pebbles into water jug so as to be able to drink

Motif

Crow drops pebbles into water jug so as to be able to drink.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Wisdom (knowledge) taught by necessity. · view the constellation · filed as J101

Cited in the index

general Wienert FFC LVI 64 (ET 272), 106 (ST 186, 246)
general Jacobs Aesop 213 No. 55.

Within the index

Filed under Wisdom (knowledge) taught by necessity.

Filed beside it

Bear learns how to catch crabs with his hairy claws

Carried in tale types

A Crow Drops Pebbles into a Water Jug (previously Crow Drops Pebbles into Water Jug so as to be Able to Drink) · ATU 232D* 1 recorded variant

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