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

Cited in the index

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 246 1 recorded variant

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