Numskull gets his head caught. (Cf. J2136.6.)

Motif

Numskull gets his head caught. (Cf. J2136.6.)

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Foolish disregard of personal danger. · view the constellation · filed as J2131.5

Within the index

Filed under Numskull injured.

7 finer motifs beneath it

Trickster puts on buffalo skull: gets head caught Numskull licks out pot: gets it caught on his head Numskull sticks his head in the branches of a tree Numskull sticks his head into the hole of a millstone. It rolls into the lake Wolf trying to catch tongue of camel puts head in camel's mouth: killed Jackal's head caught in pot of blue dye. Animals make him king, but detect him from his cry and turn him out Fox trying to drown jug. Sticks his head into it and gets drowned himself

Filed beside it

Numskulls try to kill mosquitoes with bows and arrows: only injure themselves Numskull beaten Numskull stung Numskull injures his limbs Numskull puts out his eyes

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Animal caught in animal carcass. (Cf. J2131.5.)

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