Absurd plans. Air-castles — Mythoi

Motif

Absurd plans. Air-castles.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Absurd plans. · view the constellation · filed as J2060

Cited in the index

general *Type 1430
general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 249 No. 163
general *Chauvin V 162 No. 85.

Within the index

10 finer motifs beneath it

Quarrel and fight over details of air-castles Man plants hedge: sheep will leave wool on the thorns and bring riches To build a palace in the sky: hawk as architect is let fly in the air Fools cast lots for royal purple of queen who is still alive Air-castle shattered by lack of forethought Foolish illustration of argument Distress over imagined troubles of unborn child. (Clever Else.) Girl sent to cellar to get wine to serve the suitor begins weeping over the troubles of the child which she might have if she married the suitor. Her parents join her. Meanwhile the suitor leaves Servant plans to deceive his master by refusing to eat Foolish waiting Sacrifice equal to the reward

Carried in tale types

The Man and his Wife Build Air Castles · ATU 1430 1 recorded variant

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