Boastful elephant killer: killed at one blow. Elephant has been poisoned — Mythoi

Motif

Boastful elephant killer: killed at one blow. Elephant has been poisoned.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Sham prowess. · view the constellation · filed as K1951.1.1

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Boastful fly-killer: "seven at a blow". A tailor who has killed seven flies writes on a placard: "Seven at a blow." He is received as a great warrior.

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