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Examples of characters holding the [[Idiot Ball{{TIPLEVELPAGE}}]] in Myth, Legend and Folklore[[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
 
* In [[The Bible]], Delilah asks Samson how to [[Brought Down to Normal|take away]] his [[Super Strength]]. Samson tells her that he can lose his strength if he is bound with new ropes or if his hair is braided, both of which are lies. Delilah tries both of these and fails. Then, ''after'' she tries to take away his strength ''twice'', Samson tells her to cut his hair, which works. Memorably pointed out by [[Orson Scott Card]]'s character Alvin Maker.
** Then again, Samson is established as not the sharpest knife in the drawer to begin with.
** Abraham is travelingtravelling through Egypt with his [[World's Most Beautiful Woman|lovely wife, Sarah]] in tow. He fears that the Egyptians would [[Murder the Hypotenuse|kill him and take her away]] because of her beauty. So, what does he do? He stuffs her [[Girl in a Box|into a box]]. He didn't stop to think that ''maybe, just maybe'' that box would, you know, have to pass through customs. Then when she is discovered, he tells them that [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|she's only his sister]], which results in Sarah being taken into the Pharaoh's harem. The ''real'' icing on the cake? This happens [[Aesop Amnesia|twice!]]
* Hey, Eve, don't eat the apple.
* Probably not the only case in [[Greek Mythology]], but the biggest: Rhea fooled her husband Kronos from devouring little baby Zeus by giving him a stone in diapers. To be fair, she did get him drunk first.
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