μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

"Thank God they weren't peaches!" A man plans to take peaches as a present to the king. He is persuaded rather to take figs. They are green and the king has them thrown in his face. He is thankful that they weren't peaches.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Thankful fools. · Thankful fools. · view the constellation · filed as J2563

Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella *Rotunda.
  • general *Type 1689
  • general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 227 No. 71
  • general *Clouston Tales II 407ff.
Carried in tale types

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