μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Association of rat with cat ceases as soon as mutual danger has passed. The rat threatened by the weasel and the owl allies himself with a cat caught in a net. Saved by the cat, he rescues the cat with precaution and then prudently renounces further relations with her.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Choice of associates. · Association of strong and weak. · view the constellation · filed as J426

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general Chauvin II 101 No. 61
  • general Bødker Exempler No. 66
Within the index

Filed under Association of strong and weak.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Association of mouse with cat ceases as soon as mutual danger has passedFriendship of snake and frog ceases when snake wants to eat frog
Filed beside it
Subordination of weak to strongStupid fear company of cleverWeak fear company of strongAssociation of cow and tiger: tiger eats cow as soon as she is hungryAssociation of tiger and crane. They soon quarrelAssociation of strong and weak – miscellaneous
Carried in tale types

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