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  • general Pierre Faifeu No. 27.
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Filed under Escape by overawing captor.

14 finer motifs beneath it
"Get into my belly." The wee cock, lost in the woods, orders the fox, the bear, and the wolf to get into his belly. Overawed, the beasts make their apologies promising never to annoy him again. The bear even carries the cock home. (Cf. K1715.7.)Man takes off wig, takes out false teeth, takes off wooden leg, overawes IndiansMan hides in hollow log, fires rifle while Indians are sitting on the log, scares them awayJackal escapes by telling farmer he is jackal king and will call upon his subjectsFerocious animal (ogre) misunderstands victim's remark: flees in frightOgre frightened away by beating tom-tomGoat trembles so hard from fear of tiger that shaking of his beard frightens tiger awayShepherd threatened by tiger says he will report matter to ass: tiger fleesThreatening tiger challenged to strength contest. Beguiled into holding wood for plow and is injuredQueen hiding king disguised as child tells ogress she has borne child with moustache: ogress frightenedHero threatens tiger with plowshare and leads him into village. Frightens villagersEscape by frightening tiger into thinking goat in cave is the ghost of his fatherWitch frightened by seeing victim cleave boulder with one blow of swordTrickster claims to be holding up sky. Leopard, afraid to let sky fall, leaves him
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Escape by reporting oneself invulnerable and overawing captorEscape by falsely reporting one's ability to escape. "I should be caught if there were not an escape at the back." When the captors run to the rear, the captive escapesBiting the foot. Fox to bear, who is biting his foot: "You are biting the tree root." Bear lets looseEscape by alleged possession of external soul. Monkey caught for his heart (as remedy) makes his captor believe that he has left his heart at homeEscape by falsely reporting approach of rescuersPope escapes captivity and death by dressing in full regalia and overawing captorEscape by making attacker believe there are many defenders. (Cf. K2368.)
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