Sheep licking her lamb is envied by the wolf. He says, "Such is bad conduct. If I were to do that they would say that I was eating it."

Motif

Sheep licking her lamb is envied by the wolf. He says, "Such is bad conduct. If I were to do that they would say that I was eating it."

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 J1909.5

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Boggs FFC XC 33 No. 129*. Cf. Wienert FFC LVI *69 (ET 335), 94f. (ST 81)
general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 587
general Halm Aesop Nos. 282, 330.

Within the index

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

Filed beside it

Fisherman fails to make fish dance to his flute. Later in his net they jump about without the aid of the flute Fool tries to shoot dead antelope until it will come to him Numskull tries to shake birds from tree like fruit Breeding fine horses from an ass. Fool says, "Just as soon as the body of a colt bred from this mare is in proper proportion to its ears you will have a fine horse." Numskull tries to wash black hen white Fear that frog may drown or get dirty

Carried in tale types

Sheep Licks her New-born Lamb · ATU 129A* 1 recorded variant

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