μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Absurd ignorance concerning the hatching of eggs.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd disregard of facts. · Absurd disregard or ignorance of animal's nature or habits. · view the constellation · filed as J1902

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Filed under Absurd disregard or ignorance of animal's nature or habits.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Numskull sits on eggs to finish the hatching. Cautions people to be quiet and not frighten the eggs. (Sometimes puts on honey and feathers before sitting on the eggs.) Numskull tries to hatch out a calf from a cheese
Filed beside it
Absurd ignorance concerning the laying of eggs Absurd ignorance concerning animal's eating and drinking Absurd ignorance concerning place for animal to be kept Absurd ignorance about milking animals. (Cf. J1903.2.) Absurd ignorance about slaughtering animals Absurd attempt to change animal nature Absurd disregard of animal's nature or habits – miscellaneous

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