Numskull cuts off tree-limb on which he sits

Motif

Numskull cuts off tree-limb on which he sits.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Foolish disregard of personal danger. · view the constellation · filed as J2133.4

Filed across the traditions

Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 293 No. 2
India *Thompson-Balys.
general *Type 1240
general Köhler-Bolte I 51, 135, 486ff.
general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 216f. No. 49
general Chauvin II 201 No. 47
general Clouston Noodles 158
general Fb "træ" III 967
general Christensen DF XLVII 229

Within the index

Filed under Numskull falls.

Filed beside it

Camel with ass on his back dances. Falls and is killed Monkey jumps over a ravine with his sword girded on. Falls to his death Cat crawls to steeple and tries to fly. Falls Men hang down in a chain until top man spits on his hands. They all fall Wolves climb on top of one another to tree: lowest runs away and all fall Intruding wolf falls down chimney and kills himself Stargazer falls into well Blind leading blind falls into pit Monkey jumps into water after a butterfly Hedgehog and crab jump from boat after turtle. They fall on floating leather Woman tries to climb rope of excrement and urine. (Cf. H1021.1.) Fool dangling from tree by hands tries to clap them together: falls Fool re-enacts the accident. Falls and injures self and others. (Cf. J2062.)

Carried in tale types

Cutting off the Branch (previously Man Sitting on Branch of Tree Cuts it off) · ATU 1240 1 recorded variant

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