Water-monster, trying to pull horse into water, is dragged to house where he begs for his life and is spared

Motif

Water-monster, trying to pull horse into water, is dragged to house where he begs for his life and is spared.

Deceptions. · Deception into self-injury. · Deception into disastrous attempt to procure food. · view the constellation · filed as K1022.2.1

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Filed under Wolf tied to cow's horns. The fox ties one end of the rope around the wolf's neck, the other to the cow they intend to eat. The cow drags the wolf to the house where the man skins it.

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