The wise man and the rain of fools. A wise man is persuaded to taste water which has turned many persons into fools. He also becomes a fool

Motif

The wise man and the rain of fools. A wise man is persuaded to taste water which has turned many persons into fools. He also becomes a fool.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Fools (general). · Association with fools. · Association with fools. · view the constellation · filed as J1714.2

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 34, 54.

Within the index

Filed under Association of wise men with fools.

Filed beside it

A wise man follows a fool against his better judgment. Both are put to death for their foolishness When with fools, act foolish. A wise man refuses to join a foolish crowd who stayed out in an unexpected rain after a long drought. He is punished by them for being a fool Author believes that his book must be stupid. Stupid people and gossipers are praising it Old man silent in king's presence asks king what he himself does when in company with a fool. [Inadvertant duplication of J1369.5.]

Carried in tale types

The Wise Man and the Rain of Fools · ATU 9121 recorded variant

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