Ship of Fools
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The ship of fools is an old allegory, which has long been used in Western culture in literature and paintings. With a sense of self-criticism it describes the world and us humans on it as a vessel whose deranged passengers neither know nor care where they are going. Ships of Fools featured as wagons in medieval Carnival Parades.
Ship of Fools may also refer to:
In art:
- The Ship of Fools, a painting by Hieronymus Bosch
- Ship of Fools (Narrenschiff), a 1494 satire by Sebastian Brant
- Ship of Fools, a play by Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomer
- Ship of Fools, a 1962 novel by Katherine Anne Porter
- Ship of Fools, a 1965 motion picture, based on the novel
In music:
- Ship of Fools, a Grateful Dead song
- Ship of Fools, a Doors song
- Ship of Fools, an Erasure song
- Ship of Fools, an album by Tuxedomoon
In other contexts:
- Ship of Fools, a popular UK-based Christian website
- Ship of Fools, a medieval European method of dealing with mental illness
Compare "God fashioned the ship of the world carefully" from The Black Riders by Stephen Crane.