Search
Motifs
- Bad women from transformed hog and goose. Peter, having only one daughter, foolishly promises her to three men. He asks the Lord to create two others. This request is granted. The first creature he meets on two successive mornings he is to greet, and they will be transformed. He meets a hog and a goose. His two new daughters have these characteristics. A1371.3
- Tasks assigned because of mother's foolish boasting. The mother foolishly boasts to the king that the daughter can perform an impossible task (often spinning). H914
- A bird in the hand foolishly given away in hope of greater gain. J321.1
- Deer, opossum, and snake each render indispensable aid to man. Foolishly debate their usefulness. J461.4
- Testimony discredited by inducing witness to talk foolishly. J1151.1
- Wife by cleverness wins back fortune overbearing husband has foolishly lost and humbles him. J1545.6
- Object foolishly blamed. J1891
- Sea foolishly accused of cruelty. Sea says that it is calm itself, but the wind blew it up and broke the ship. J1891.3
- Three foolish wishes. Three wishes will be granted: used up foolishly. J2071
- Same wishes used wisely and foolishly. Given to two persons with opposite results. J2073
- Alarm sounded foolishly. J2199.1
- Poor man foolishly imitates rich. J2416
- The boy's disasters. Foolishly kills his horse and throws his axe into the lake to kill a duck. Undresses to recover axe. Clothes stolen. Goes into barrel of tar to hide. In tar and feathers. J2661.4
- The foolishly concealed money: A man hangs a bag of money in the top of a high tree. Servant sleeping with him steals it. K331.6
- Wager on wife's complacency. Though the man has foolishly bargained everything away, she praises him and he wins the wager. N11
- Father, like son, acts foolishly at king's court. U121.5
- Youngest brother shares wealth with older brothers who foolishly lost theirs. (Cf. L31.) W11.14