μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

One absurdity rebukes another.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever practical retorts. · One absurdity rebukes another. · view the constellation · filed as J1530

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
  • general Brown JAOS XXIX 43 n. 40, Penzer III 241, 250f., V 64ff., IX 152, 155
Within the index
6 finer motifs beneath it
Borrower's absurdities Adulteress's absurdity rebuked Absurdities concerning birth of animals, or men. (Cf. J1531.3.) Deer captured in bird-net: water flows upstream. One partner claims a deer he has captured in his bird-net. The other pretends to be watching water flow upstream Ruler's absurdity rebuked One absurdity rebukes another – miscellaneous

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