μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Association of wise men with fools.

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

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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 foolishness 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 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.]
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 fool Foolish married couples. (Cf. J1701, J1702.) 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

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