μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Old woman and tiger flee in terror from each other.

Deceptions. · Other deceptions. · Deception by frightening. · view the constellation · filed as K2323.3

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  • India Thompson-Balys.
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Filed under The cowardly duelers. In the war between the wild and the domestic animals, the cat raises her tail; the wild animals think that it is a gun and flee.

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Fox's tail drops and frightens animals. In war between birds and quadrupeds the fox's lifted tail is to be the signal for the attack. Gnats sting the fox under the tail. He drops it and the quadrupeds flee He-goat bleats and frightens animals assembled for fight

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