Bat in war of birds and quadrupeds. Because of ambiguous form joins first one side and then the other. Discredited

Motif

Bat in war of birds and quadrupeds. Because of ambiguous form joins first one side and then the other. Discredited.

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Animal warfare. · view the constellation · filed as B261.1

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys
Japanese Ikeda
Africa (Benga) Nassau 163 No. 21, (Ibo, Nigeria): Basden 281, Thomas 161 (hornbill), (Mpongwe): Nassau 53 No. 8 (crocodile), (Yoruba): Ellis 252 No. 3.
general Wienert FFC LVI *48 (ET 66, 67), *52 (ET 166), 134 (ST 398, 399)
general Halm Aesop Nos. 307, 391
general Dh IV 197ff.

Within the index

1 finer motif beneath it

Carried in tale types