Rat and frog tie paws together to cross marsh. Carried off by falcon.
The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought in alliances. · view the constellation · filed as J681.1
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Spanish Exempla Keller
- India Thompson-Balys
- Indonesia DeVries's list No. 124 (cf. No. 125).
- general *Chauvin II 123 No. 117
- general Scala Celi 73a No. 416
- general *Crane Vitry 135 No. 3
Within the index
Filed under Alliances which make both parties more vulnerable.
1 finer motif beneath it
Carried in tale types
- The Frog and the Mouse Tied Together (previously Rat and Frog Tie Paws Together to Cross Marsh) · ATU 278 1 recorded variant
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