Greedy jackal caught in carcass of dead bullock.
The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Foolish disregard of personal danger. · view the constellation · filed as J2136.6.1
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference
The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.
- India*Thompson-Balys.
Within the index
Filed under Animal caught in animal carcass. (Cf. J2131.5.)
Carried in tale types
- The Jackal Trapped in the Animal Hide · ATU 681 recorded variant