Differences in animal nature overlooked

Motif

Differences in animal nature overlooked.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd lack of logic. · Logical absurdity based upon certain false assumptions. · view the constellation · filed as J2211

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Logical absurdity based upon certain false assumptions.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Frogs reprove ass for lamenting when he falls into morass. "What would you do if you had to live here always?"Why the sow was muddy. A magpie is punished by his master, who throws him into a mud puddle. The magpie sees a muddy sow. He says, "You also must have had a quarrel with your master."The murderous master. Dogs flee from their master because in time of famine he has killed his cattle. If he kills the cattle, he will surely kill the dogs Ass brays on hearing a conch shell. Owner thinks he must have been a saint in a former life

Filed beside it

Effects of age and size absurdly applied Illogical use of numbers Absurd generalization from a particular incident Absurd reasoning about God Poor man thinks idol in temple is poorer than he since it is naked Many times the superlative

Carried in tale types

The Plowman and the Animals (previously The Man Paints the Bear) · ATU 1521 recorded variant

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