Man too lazy to pick up berries (dates)

Motif

Man too lazy to pick up berries (dates).

Traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character – personal. · view the constellation · filed as W111.1.6

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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.

India*Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Contest in laziness. Each cites instances of his laziness.

Filed beside it

Man lets legs burn in fire rather than move them Man will not lift knife to cut rope about to hang him Man will not move in bed when water drops in his eyes Man so lazy that he will not wipe his running nose. This causes him to lose prospective bride Man floating in river too lazy to drink. His voice is damaged

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