μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Eating his own entrails. The fox persuades the wolf to do so.

Deceptions. · Deception into self-injury. · Deception into disastrous attempt to procure food. · view the constellation · filed as K1025

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Type 21
  • general Krohn Bär (Wolf) und Fuchs (JSFO VI) 85
Within the index

Filed under Deception into disastrous attempt to procure food.

2 finer motifs beneath it
The fox suggests eating his own brains. The wolf, wanting to get brains, strikes his head against a tree Tiger persuaded to eat own eyes
Filed beside it
The tail fisher. The bear is persuaded to fish with his tail through a hole in the ice. When he is attacked and tries to escape, he loses his tail Dupe persuaded to steal food: cannot escape Getting honey from the wasp-nest. The dupe is stung Beginning with the smallest. Animals are to eat one another up to avoid starvation. The fox persuades them to start with the smallest Dupe imitates trickster's thefts and is caught Dupe made to sit on hot stone Hot porridge in the ogre's throat. He is tricked into burning his throat Dupe persuaded to climb rope for food: rope breaks Stone (hard fruit) thrown into greedy dupe's mouth Trickster pretends to give dupe magic power to produce food. Injures him Dupe injures self on fence of thorns surrounding food-plants
Carried in tale types

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