Frog tries in vain to be as big as ox. Bursts — Mythoi

Motif

Frog tries in vain to be as big as ox. Bursts.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Humility. · Presumption of the lowly. · view the constellation · filed as J955.1

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.
general Jacobs Aesop 205 No. 22
general Wienert FFC LVI 58 (ET 192), 93 (ST 61)
general Halm Aesop No. 84
general *Crane Vitry 145 No. 29

Within the index

Filed under Lowly tries in vain to be greater than he is.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Fish swells with pride until it bursts Bird tries to puff itself up to look like peacock. Kills itself

Filed beside it

Servant plays at being emperor. Master sees him and says, "Now that you are emperor remember your humble master." Servant asks master for arms of knighthood. Is given a stalk of garlic Old simpleton resolves to become a senator. He is made to believe that he is wanted as an archer and is so frightened that he dies

Carried in tale types

The Frog Tries in Vain to be as Big as the Ox · ATU 277A 1 recorded variant

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