μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Association with fools.

5 finer motifs beneath it
A wise man follows a fool against his better judgment. Both are put to death for their foolishnessThe 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 foolWhen 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 foolAuthor believes that his book must be stupid. Stupid people and gossipers are praising itOld man silent in king's presence asks king what he himself does when in company with a fool. [Inadvertant duplication of J1369.5.]
Filed beside it
Numskulls go a-travelling. (Cf. J1742.)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 foolFoolish married couples. (Cf. J1701, J1702.)A fool objects to fools as companions. Leaves when placed between two fools at tableThree silly pundits sent to a raja as the two-footed cattle he had demanded

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