Disastrous jump to retrieve lost object

Motif

Disastrous jump to retrieve lost object.

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

Within the index

Filed under Foolish disregard of personal danger.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Miser jumps into a ravine to retrieve single grain. Breaks both legs Man leaps into river and drowns in effort to save his treasure

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 Foolish interference in quarrel of the strong fatal to the weak [First Edition: J2159. Foolish disregard of personal danger – miscellaneous.]

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