Man leaps into river and drowns in effort to save his treasure

Motif

Man leaps into river and drowns in effort to save his treasure.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Foolish disregard of personal danger. · view the constellation · filed as J2146.2

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Exempla Keller.

Within the index

Filed under Disastrous jump to retrieve lost object.

Filed beside it

Miser jumps into a ravine to retrieve single grain. Breaks both legs

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