Bear throws hens to the fox, falls from the roof-beam, and is beaten — Mythoi

Motif

Bear throws hens to the fox, falls from the roof-beam, and is beaten.

Deceptions. · Deception into self-injury. · Deception into disastrous attempt to procure food. · view the constellation · filed as K1022.3

Cited in the index

general Type 3B*.

Within the index

Filed under Dupe persuaded to steal food: cannot escape.

Filed beside it

Wolf overeats in the cellar (smokehouse). Cannot escape through the entrance hole 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 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 Wolf Supplies Food for the Fox (previously The Bear Throws Hens to the Fox) · ATU 3* 1 recorded variant

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