Absurdity: sea (river) is on fire. Not more absurd than crow claiming swan as wife

Motif

Absurdity: sea (river) is on fire. Not more absurd than crow claiming swan as wife.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Reductio ad absurdum of question or proposal. · view the constellation · filed as J1293.1.1

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Little bird as large bird's mate. A large bird wishes to mate with a little bird. The latter says that she is going to swallow a large eel. The large bird sees the absurdity of his proposal.

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