One bird escapes as hunter bends his bow; other remains and is shot. (Told also of fish.)

Motif

One bird escapes as hunter bends his bow; other remains and is shot. (Told also of fish.)

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought in conflicts with others. · Avoidance of others' power. · view the constellation · filed as J641.1

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

general *Type 246
general Wienert FFC LVI 61 (ET 233), 108 (ST 205)
general Halm Aesop No. 85
general Chauvin II 88.

Within the index

Filed under Escaping before enemy can strike.

Carried in tale types

Two Birds (previously The Hunter Bends the Bow) · ATU 2461 recorded variant

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