The cat and the candle. A man has a cat trained to hold up lighted candles on its head. The king has a mouse let loose. The cat drops the candle and chases the mouse

Motif

The cat and the candle. A man has a cat trained to hold up lighted candles on its head. The king has a mouse let loose. The cat drops the candle and chases the mouse.

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 J1908.1

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys.
general *Type 217
general **Cosquin Études 403ff.
general *Fb "kat" IV 255a
general *Wesselski Arlotto II 238 No. 131

Within the index

Filed under Absurd attempt to change animal nature.

Filed beside it

Cat transformed to maiden runs after mouse Frog-woman betrays self by croaking

Carried in tale types

The Cat with the Candle (previously The Cat and the Candle) · ATU 217 1 recorded variant

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