Cynic asks that his body be exposed to the elements. When told that the beasts and the birds will prey on him he says: "Put a stick at my side so that I may chase them away." — Mythoi

Motif

Cynic asks that his body be exposed to the elements. When told that the beasts and the birds will prey on him he says: "Put a stick at my side so that I may chase them away."

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Repartee – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as J1442.4.1

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella *Rotunda.

Within the index

Filed under The cynic's burial. Asked who will carry him to his grave if he has no friends: "He who needs my house."

Carried in tale types

Other Anecdotes about Diogenes · ATU 1871Z 1 recorded variant

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