Lion suitor allows his teeth to be pulled and his claws to be cut. He is then killed

Motif

Lion suitor allows his teeth to be pulled and his claws to be cut. He is then killed.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought in conflicts with others. · Avoidance of others' power. · view the constellation · filed as J642.1

Filed across the traditions

Africa Weeks Jungle 450.
general Wienert FFC LVI 45 (ET 32), 70 (ET 344), 107 (ST 198)
general Halm Aesop No. 249
general *Basset RTP XXVI 126

Within the index

Filed under Foolishness of surrendering weapons.

Filed beside it

Robbers persuaded to give hero sword with which they are afterwards killed

Carried in tale types

The Lion in Love · ATU 151* 1 recorded variant

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