More timid than the hare. Hares take heart when they see that frogs are more timid than they

Motif

More timid than the hare. Hares take heart when they see that frogs are more timid than they.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Consolation in misfortune. · Consolation by thought of others worse placed. · view the constellation · filed as J881.1

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Scholars’ trail — 5references

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 70
general *Dh IV 97ff.
general Wienert FFC LVI *62 (ET 245), 116 (ST 266)
general Halm Aesop No. 237
general Jacobs Aesop 204 No. 15.

Within the index

Filed under Timid animal consoled when he sees others more timid.

Filed beside it

Lion comforted for his fear of the cock. Finds that elephant is afraid of the gnat

Carried in tale types

More Cowardly than the Hare · ATU 701 recorded variant

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