Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson N641 — Patient laughs so at foolish diagnosis of sham physician that his abscess breaks and he gets well

N641
Thompson motif reference
N
Chance and Fate
0
Associated ATU tale types

Description

Motif

Patient laughs so at foolish diagnosis of sham physician that his abscess breaks and he gets well. She has been told to examine the floor around the patient's bed for signs of what he has been eating. She finds the patient surrounded with pillows: he has eaten too many pillows. *Wesselski Mönchslatein 19 No. 13, Theorie 163.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

No ATU tale type in the current concordance points to this Thompson motif.