Runaway cavalry-hero. When the sham hero goes to war his horse runs away with him. To save himself he grasps a cross from a graveyard and waves it from side to side, putting the enemy to flight — Mythoi

Motif

Runaway cavalry-hero. When the sham hero goes to war his horse runs away with him. To save himself he grasps a cross from a graveyard and waves it from side to side, putting the enemy to flight.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Sham prowess. · view the constellation · filed as K1951.2

Filed across the traditions

Missouri French Carrière
India *Thompson-Balys
N. Am. Indian *Thompson CColl II 430ff.
general *Type 1640
general *BP I 148ff.

Within the index

Filed under Sham warrior.

1 finer motif beneath it

Runaway cavalry hero tears out limbs of dead trees

Filed beside it

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 Sham-warrior intimidates soldiers with his boasting Boastful coward frightened by conspirators Ordinary man assumes high sounding name and challenges enemy chief to single combat. Latter is frightened into believing him to be of exceptional prowess and desists from attacking the city

Carried in tale types

The Brave Tailor · ATU 1640 2 recorded variants

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