Dog alternately bites and caresses hares. Is he friend or enemy? — Mythoi

Motif

Dog alternately bites and caresses hares. Is he friend or enemy?

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Hypocrites. · Double dealers. · view the constellation · filed as K2031

Cited in the index

general Wienert FFC LVI *51 (ET 104), 96 (ST 88)
general Halm Aesop No. 229.

Within the index

Filed under Double dealers.

1 finer motif beneath it

Dog at his master's table is friendly to guest. On the street he barks at him

Filed beside it

Magpie leads other magpies into his master's net. Promises them that the master will teach them to speak Trickster makes basket for his partner tiger to carry meat, but does not sever bamboo from roots. Tiger left behind Same reward promised to many helpers Supernatural personages seen in dreams advise opposing kings how each can overcome the other Helper steals object obtained at end of quest Jackal persuades deer to steal from farmer, then informs farmer who catches deer Double dealing physician Crow gets to owls pretending crows have cast him out. Having learned secret retreats of owls, he returns to crows and leads them to victory over owls When wolf pretends to slander tiger fox agrees; later tells tiger he was trying to test wolf's malice

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