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Motifs
- Culture hero reared (educated) by extraordinary (supernatural) personages. A511.3.2
- Cleverness of men disguised as peasants dissuades rivals from dispute. Wise men of two rival cities engage in dispute. One delegation disguises as peasants and debates with their adversaries. Latter withdraw fearing how clever the educated must be if their peasants are so learned. J31.1
- Youth educated by seven sages. J141
- Educated men as choice company. J146
- King prefers educated men as company. J146.1
- Learned words misunderstood by uneducated. J1803
- The ass as mayor. Fool made to believe that his ass (ox) has been educated and has become mayor. J1882.2
- Elephant educated as drum beater. J1882.3
- Educated chickens tell of woman's adultery. A trickster undertakes to teach a woman's chickens to talk. When he reports that they are saying that she has slept with the priest, she pays him off. K1271.1.3
- Ignorant steward straightens his master's accounts. The educated stewards have always cheated. The ignorant puts his belongings in one box, his master's in another. Both master and steward gain. L144.1