Air-castle shattered by lack of forethought — Mythoi

Motif

Air-castle shattered by lack of forethought.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Absurd plans. · view the constellation · filed as J2061

Within the index

Filed under Absurd plans. Air-castles.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Air-castle: the jar of honey to be sold. In his excitement he breaks the jar Air-castle: pail of milk to be sold. Proud milkmaid tosses her head (or kicks the pail in her sleep) and spills the milk Air-castle: to sell hide of sleeping deer. In his excitement he wakes the deer, who runs off Toad having found money daydreams and is run over

Filed beside 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 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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