μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Absurd ignorance.

2 finer motifs beneath it
The city girl: Do turnips grow in the ground or on trees?Man wants roasted honeycomb. Unwilling to admit that he does not know what a honeycomb is, a stupid man asks the innkeeper's wife to roast a slice of honeycomb
Filed beside it
Hero does not learn his name until after first adventureIgnorance of certain foodsWhy the pigs shriek. The sheep does not understand why the pig being carried to slaughter shrieksLayman's ignorance of medicineFool cannot tell his right hand in the darkFools and the unknown animalFoolish lover ignorant of mistress's flawsIgnorance of religious mattersPriests (schoolmasters) ignorant of LatinThe countryman in the great worldIgnorance of datesIgnorance of marriage relationsAbsurd ignorance of sexIgnorance of readingThe archbishop's wife and family. Fool asks what he is to talk about when guests arrive. Is told: "Their wives and family." He asks the archbishop about his family. (Cf. J2461.2.)Absurd ignorance of the use of spectacles

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