Sham wise man gives a purgative and helps find a lost horse. His pills get the credit — Mythoi

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Sham wise man gives a purgative and helps find a lost horse. His pills get the credit.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Sham prowess. · view the constellation · filed as K1956.1

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella *Rotunda
India *Thompson-Balys.
general *Type 1641
general BP II 401ff.
general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 791
general Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 79

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Filed under Sham wise man.

1 finer motif beneath it

Sham wise man claims to find stolen goods by incantation. He has really forced thieves to show them to him

Filed beside it

Sham wise man hides something and is rewarded for finding it Sham wise man declares who committed the theft: robbers Sham wise man does not know where his own house is. Unmasked Sham wise man stays alone feigning study. Is really killing flies Sham wise man (girl's confederate) interprets pretended dream for girl. Insists she be allowed to marry man of her own choice Sham wise man pretends knowledge from dream: really overheard conversation Sham wise man burns house where he pretends to keep his marvelous books, and is free from being called again Sham wise man accidentally predicts weather correctly Boy, posing as magician, agitates purported all-knowing pig's head in front of his enemies, identifying them as dishonest men

Carried in tale types

Doctor Know-All · ATU 1641 1 recorded variant

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