Fox holds conversation with his members, attracts attention, and is caught. He scolds in turn his feet, eyes, ears, and tail. In his excitement he sticks out his tail from his hiding place

Motif

Fox holds conversation with his members, attracts attention, and is caught. He scolds in turn his feet, eyes, ears, and tail. In his excitement he sticks out his tail from his hiding place.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Talkative fools. · Talkative fools. · view the constellation · filed as J2351.1

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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SpanishBoggs FFC XC 33 No. *135C.
general *Type 154
general **Krohn Mann und Fuchs 11
general *BP I 518 n. 1

Within the index

Filed under Animal betrays himself to his enemies by talking.

Filed beside it

Hidden wolf gives himself away by talking Dupe loses booty through singing Wolf (bear) boasts of having eaten horses. When the horse strikes sparks with his hoofs the lion is frightened and picks up the boastful wolf to show him the horse. He squeezes the wolf to death

Carried in tale types

The Fox and His Members (previously 'Bear-food') · ATU 1541 recorded variant

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