The ass as mayor. Fool made to believe that his ass (ox) has been educated and has become mayor

Motif

The ass as mayor. Fool made to believe that his ass (ox) has been educated and has become mayor.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd disregard of facts. · Animals or objects treated as if human. · Animals or objects treated as if human – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as J1882.2

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Scholars’ trail — 7references

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.

EnglandBaughman
India*Thompson-Balys.
general *Type 1675
general *BP I 59
general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 224 No. 63
general *Fb "tyr" III 908b
general Christensen DF XLVII 229

Within the index

Filed under Foolish attempt to educate animals.

Filed beside it

Teaching chickens to talk. Fool believes they can be taught Elephant educated as drum beater

Carried in tale types

The Ox (Ass) as Mayor · ATU 16751 recorded variant

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