The shepherd who cried "Wolf!" too often. When the wolf really comes no one believes him

Motif

The shepherd who cried "Wolf!" too often. When the wolf really comes no one believes him.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Other short-sighted acts. · view the constellation · filed as J2172.1

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys
West Indies Flowers 489.
general Wienert FFC LVI 84 (ET 508), 104 (ST 172)
general Halm Aesop No. 353
general Jacobs Aesop 210 No. 43

Within the index

Filed under Short-sightedness in caring for live-stock.

Filed beside it

Shepherd shuts up the lion in the yard with the live-stock. He hopes to capture the lion, but loses all his beasts

Carried in tale types

The Shepherd who Cried 'Wolf!' too often · ATU 1333 1 recorded variant

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