Rider takes the meal-sack on his shoulder to relieve the ass of his burden

Motif

Rider takes the meal-sack on his shoulder to relieve the ass of his burden.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd disregard of facts. · Animals or objects treated as if human. · Absurd sympathy for animals or objects. · view the constellation · filed as J1874.1

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda.
general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 229 No. 490
general *Fb "sæk" III 720b
general *Clouston Noodles 19
general Field Pent Cuckoo 3
general England, U.S.: Baughman

Within the index

Filed under Relieving the beast of burden.

Filed beside it

Man puts bag of meal on one side of saddle, balances it on the other side with a rock

Carried in tale types

Relief for the Donkey (previously Carrying Part of the Load) · ATU 1242A 1 recorded variant

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