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

Motif

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.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Talkative fools. · Talkative fools. · view the constellation · filed as J2351.4

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

SpanishEspinosa Jr. No. 28.
general Type 118

Within the index

Filed under Animal betrays himself to his enemies by talking.

Filed beside it

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 Hidden wolf gives himself away by talking Dupe loses booty through singing

Carried in tale types

The Lion Frightened by the Horse · ATU 1181 recorded variant

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