Mice and hogs let loose put elephant cavalry to flight — Mythoi

Motif

Mice and hogs let loose put elephant cavalry to flight.

Deceptions. · Other deceptions. · Military strategy. · view the constellation · filed as K2351.3

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Espinosa III Nos. 246–248
Jewish Neuman.
general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 528

Within the index

Filed under Animals help in military victory.

Filed beside it

Sparrows of Cirencester. Fire is attached to birds who fly in and set fire to a besieged city Bees thrown into redoubt drive out enemies Elephant drunk with toddy sent to attack enemy Horses frightened by instruments of war are backed into enemy's ranks Wild horses with bags containing stones tied to their tails, driven into enemy's camp to cause stampede Wild fawn sent by saint into hostile army, so that all follow it and leader (enemy of saint) is slain Strategy to get into enemy city: huge rat makes a burrow

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