Numskulls quarrel over a greeting. Three men greeted by a stranger. Quarrel as to whom he greeted. "I greeted the biggest fool among you." A contest is held in which tales are told to decide which is the biggest fool

Motif

Numskulls quarrel over a greeting. Three men greeted by a stranger. Quarrel as to whom he greeted. "I greeted the biggest fool among you." A contest is held in which tales are told to decide which is the biggest fool.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Fools (general). · Association with fools. · Association with fools. · view the constellation · filed as J1712

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

India*Thompson-Balys
West IndiesFlowers 484.
general Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 263 No. 237
general Christensen DF L 91

Within the index

Filed under Association with fools.

Filed beside it

Numskulls go a-travelling. (Cf. J1742.)Foolish married couples. (Cf. J1701, J1702.)Association of wise men with fools A fool objects to fools as companions. Leaves when placed between two fools at table Three silly pundits sent to a raja as the two-footed cattle he had demanded

Carried in tale types

Which is the Greatest Fool Cf · ATU 13323 recorded variants

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