Imitation of miraculous horse-shoeing unsuccessful. Christ takes off a horse's foot to shoe it and then successfully replaces it. (Cf. J2401.)

Motif

Imitation of miraculous horse-shoeing unsuccessful. Christ takes off a horse's foot to shoe it and then successfully replaces it. (Cf. J2401.)

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Foolish imitation. · Types of foolish imitation. · view the constellation · filed as J2411.2

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

India*Thompson-Balys.
general Type 753
general Dh II 168ff.
general Lowes Romanic Review V 368ff.

Within the index

Filed under Foolish imitation of miracle (magic).

Filed beside it

Imitation of magic rejuvenation unsuccessful. (Cf. J2401.)Unsuccessful imitation of magic production of food. (Cf. J2425.)Imitation of magician unsuccessful. Person does self injury Alleged return from land of dead with bags of gold persuades dupe to try to imitate Imitation of jumping into fire without injury: dupe burned up Imitation of magic production of garden and lake unsuccessful Unsuccessful imitation of magic sewing Obedient woman's pestle remains magically suspended in air

Travels with

Fatal imitation. (Cf. J2411.1, J2411.2, J2413.4.2, J2422.)

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