Undutiful son rebuked by father. Father tells son not to drag him past the threshold, because he had dragged his own father only up to that point when he had thought of putting him out of his house

Motif

Undutiful son rebuked by father. Father tells son not to drag him past the threshold, because he had dragged his own father only up to that point when he had thought of putting him out of his house.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Wisdom learned from children. · view the constellation · filed as J121.2

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Childers.

Within the index

Filed under Ungrateful son reproved by naïve action of his own son: preparing for old age. Man gives his old father half a carpet to keep him warm. Child keeps the other half and tells his father that he is keeping it for him when he grows old.

Filed beside it

Ungrateful son reproved by naïve action of his own son: preparing for old age (wooden drinking cup or bowl)

Carried in tale types

The Ungrateful Son (previously Ungrateful Son Reproved by Naive Actions of Own Son) · ATU 980 1 recorded variant

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