μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • Spanish ExemplaKeller.
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Filed under Foolish disregard of personal danger.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Coyote wears fox's rattle; caught in brush and injuredTrickster gets caught on a fishhookGoat eats in garden and is caught. Fox says, "If your sense were as long as your beard, you would look for exits as well as entrances."Trickster pinched by shellfish (crab)Careless thief caughtAnimal caught in animal carcass. (Cf. J2131.5.)
Filed beside it
Numskull injuredNumskull draggedNumskull fallsNumskull makes himself sick (uncomfortable)Numskull starves himselfDeath through lack of foresightFoolish interference in quarrel of the strong fatal to the weakDisastrous jump to retrieve lost object[First Edition: J2159. Foolish disregard of personal danger – miscellaneous.]
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