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

Motif

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.

Deceptions. · Deception into self-injury. · Deception into disastrous attempt to procure food. · view the constellation · filed as K1022.2

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

SpanishBoggs FFC XC 29 No. 47C*, Espinosa III No. 208.

Within the index

Filed under Dupe persuaded to steal food: cannot escape.

1 finer motif beneath it

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

Filed beside it

Wolf overeats in the cellar (smokehouse). Cannot escape through the entrance hole Bear throws hens to the fox, falls from the roof-beam, and is beaten Wolf brings cake from the window-sill. He imitates the fox in so doing, but rings a bell, so that he is beaten Turtle induced to rob in a man's garden Fox eats cake: gets brass pot caught on neck Thieving wolf persuaded to stick head through handle of jar of wine so as to be able to carry it off and also sing

Carried in tale types

The Fox Hangs onto the Horse's Tail (previously The Fox [Bear, etc · ATU 47A2 recorded variants

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