μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Tiger, jackal, and bear each learn to fear man. They report him as head-thumper (he has beaten the tiger), turn-twister (he has swung jackal by tail), and top-tumbler (he has fallen out of tree on bear).

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Wisdom (knowledge) acquired from experience. · view the constellation · filed as J17.1

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  • India*Thompson-Balys.
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Filed under Animal learns through experience to fear men. In spite of the warning of another animal he approaches man and is shot.

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