Dogs by river try to get food in river by drinking the river dry

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Dogs by river try to get food in river by drinking the river dry.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · One thing mistaken for another. · Shadow mistaken for substance. · view the constellation · filed as J1791.3.2

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

general Wienert FFC LVI 62 (ET 246), 119 (ST 287)
general Halm Aesop No. 218.

Within the index

Filed under Diving for cheese. Man (animal) sees moon reflected in water and, thinking it a cheese, dives for it.

1 finer motif beneath it

Demon tries to recover object from river by drinking it dry

Filed beside it

Wolf tries to drink well dry to get cheese Moon's reflection thought to be gold in water. Fools dive for it Jackals jump into well after drums and are killed

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