μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Attempts to make canoe of sand. (Cf. H1021.3.)

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Other short-sighted acts. · view the constellation · filed as J2171.1.3.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Marquesas Handy 45, 91.
Within the index

Filed under Dupe makes boat of mud. It melts. (Cf. J2186.)

Filed beside it
Building boat of clay
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Task: making ship of stone

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