Candle put in the stove to dry: melts

Motif

Candle put in the stove to dry: melts.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Disregard of danger to objects (or animals). · view the constellation · filed as J2122

Cited in the index

general Type 1270.

Within the index

Filed under Disregard of danger to objects (or animals).

Filed beside it

Drying snow on the stove Sunlight carried into windowless house in baskets. When this plan does not succeed, they gradually pull down the house to get light Putting the fish aside for Easter. They are put in one big pool, but an eel eats them up Guarding chickens from the fox. Numskull ties their beaks and weights them down in the river with stones Numskull to water roots of tree. Digs up the tree to find the roots Looking for the hole. Numskull is to carry a can of oil with especial care since it has a little hole in it. In order to find the hole he turns the can about and lets all the oil run out Disregard of danger to objects or animals – miscellaneous

Carried in tale types

The Clever Girl and the King · ATU 875B 4 recorded variants
The Drying of the Candle · ATU 1270 1 recorded variant

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