Short-sighted use of fire — Mythoi

Motif

Short-sighted use of fire.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Other short-sighted acts. · view the constellation · filed as J2162

Within the index

Filed under Other short-sighted acts.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Burning the temple to attain notoriety Fool whose house is burning puts wood on the fire Quenching the burning boat. People row to land and fetch water from a spring to put out the fire

Filed beside it

Short-sightedness in dressing Carrying the plow horse so as not to tramp up the field. (Cf. J2103.2.) Short-sightedness in rowing Carrying load up hill to roll it down. Fools carry log (millstone) down hill. They realize that they might have rolled it down. They therefore carry it back up hill to roll it down Short-sighted lover is slow to follow up advantage Porridge eaten in different rooms. The porridge in one, the milk in another The slaughter of the ox. In preparation, the feet are cut off the evening before Short-sightedness in carpentry Short-sightedness in caring for live-stock Short-sighted fool loses his food Foolish demands before death Short-sightedness in dealing with children Fool lets wine run in the cellar. He (she) falls into a study (or chases a dog) while the spigot is open No room left for the feast. A peasant on the way to a feast drinks so much ditch-water that he has no room left for the feast Burning up the seal. Numskulls buy a charter from their lord. In celebration they get drunk and use the seal as a candle and forfeit their charter A fleeing fox loses an eye in the briars. Returns the next day and eats it, thinking that it tastes like chicken

Carried in tale types

Jumping into the Breeches · ATU 1286 1 recorded variant

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