Foolish interference in quarrel of the strong fatal to the weak

Motif

Foolish interference in quarrel of the strong fatal to the weak.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Foolish disregard of personal danger. · view the constellation · filed as J2143

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Filed under Foolish disregard of personal danger.

1 finer motif beneath it

Sparrow intervenes in quarrel between elephants: crushed to death

Filed beside it

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

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