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Group No. 111
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Letter |
J. The wise and the foolish |
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Group No. |
J1750 – J1849 |
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Group name |
Absurd misunderstandings |
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Description |
J1761.1. Whale thought to be island. Sailors light a fire on his back. *Chauvin VII 9 n. 1 No. 373A; *Fb “fish” I 296b, “[ö]” III 1159b; Gunter 84; *Gaster Beiträge 53ff.; *Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 448 n. 84. – Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Penzer II 193; B[ö]dker Exempler 286 No. 34; Indonesian: DeVries’s list No. 210. |