Numskull starves himself

Motif

Numskull starves himself.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Foolish disregard of personal danger. · view the constellation · filed as J2135

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Filed under Foolish disregard of personal danger.

1 finer motif beneath it

Fasting the first month. Numskull having enough food to last him eleven out of the twelve months fasts the entire first month so as to get the ordeal over. He starves with eleven months' supply on hand

Filed beside it

Numskull injured Numskull dragged Numskull falls Numskull makes himself sick (uncomfortable) Numskull brings about his own capture Death through lack of foresight Foolish interference in quarrel of the strong fatal to the weak Disastrous jump to retrieve lost object [First Edition: J2159. Foolish disregard of personal danger – miscellaneous.]

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