Ship of Fools: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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 do 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:

• Ship of Fools, a medieval European method of dealing with mental illness
• Ship of Fools (Narrenschiff), a 1494 satire by Sebastian Brant
• Ship of Fools, a 1962 novel by Katherine Anne Porter
• Ship of Fools, a 1965 motion picture, based on the novel
• The Ship of Fools, a painting by Hieronymus Bosch
• Ship of Fools, a Grateful Dead song
• Ship of Fools, a popular UK-based Christian website