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

Motif

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.

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

Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

SpanishEspinosa III Nos. 246–248.
general *Type 104
general *BP I 425
general Dh IV 209

Within the index

Filed under Deception by frightening.

3 finer motifs beneath it

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 Old woman and tiger flee in terror from each other

Filed beside it

Corpse set up to frighten people The three hunchback brothers drowned. A drunken man is employed, by the woman who has accidently slain three hunchback brothers, to throw one into the river. He does so. Then she puts another out and finally the third. The man thinks they keep coming to life. Finally he sees the woman's hunchback husband and drowns him Hiding from the strange animal. A cat shrieks and the frightened bear falls out of the tree and hurts himself Devil frightened by threatening to bring mother-in-law Wolf-captor scared by fiddle-playing of captive ram, who escapes Parson is tricked into giving up his room. Is told there is a snake in it Tiger frightened away from man's tree refuge by man's stick and rope Wife, to drive away parasite priest, tells him husband has gone to get drunk and will kill him with rice mortar on his return. He leaves in haste Ogre frightened at rustling. Man sets juniper afire Wooden image frightens away invaders

Carried in tale types

War between Wild Animals and Domestic Animals (previously The Wild Animals Hide from the Unfamiliar Animal) · ATU 1031 recorded variant

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