Dupe is made to believe horse will fly — Mythoi

Motif

Dupe is made to believe horse will fly.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Gullible fools. · Nature of gullibility. · view the constellation · filed as J2349.1

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella *Rotunda.

Within the index

Filed under Nature of gullibility – miscellaneous.

Filed beside it

Wife makes husband believe that her paramour is Death Credulous king reads about ocean of milk and its properties The woman who asked for news from home. Gets many impossible answers, which she believes. E.g., "The cock has become sexton." – "Yes, that is why he sang so well in the morning."

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