Marking the place on the boat. An object falls into the sea from a boat. Numskulls mark the place on the boat-rail to indicate where it fell

Motif

Marking the place on the boat. An object falls into the sea from a boat. Numskulls mark the place on the boat-rail to indicate where it fell.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd disregard of facts. · Absurd searches for the lost. · view the constellation · filed as J1922.1

Filed across the traditions

Japanese Ikeda.
general *Type 1278
general *Fb "båd" IV 87a
general *Clouston Noodles 99
general Penzer V 92f.

Within the index

Filed under Marking the place.

Filed beside it

Marking the place under the cloud. Numskulls leave a knife in the field, marking the place by putting it under a heavy cloud. Next day the cloud is gone and the knife lost Marking the place in the sand. Vessel left under mound in sand while owner is swimming. Others make similar mounds so that it is lost

Carried in tale types

Marking the Place on the Boat · ATU 1278 1 recorded variant

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