μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • general Wienert FFC LVI 45 (ET 36), 68 (ET 326), 97 (ST 110)
  • general Halm Aesop No. 283.
Within the index

Filed under Treacherous plan of hypocritical animal detected and prevented.

1 finer motif beneath it
Wolf proposes abolition of dog guards for sheep: plan detected
Filed beside it
Fox feigns to be playing with sheep: dog drives him offDog caresses sick sheep: shepherd knows that he hopes for sheep's deathWolf tries to entice goat down from high place: plan detectedFamished wolf asks sheep to bring him water: plan detectedWolf offers to act as midwife for sow: plan detectedCat offers to act as doctor for cock and hen: plan detectedCrocodile tells dog to drink in river without fear: plan detectedCat hangs on wall pretending to be dead: mice detect planFox's plan detected by crickets: cricket wings in his excrementJackal as nurse for leopard cubs eats their food. Chased by leopard

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