Sheep persuade the wolf to sing. Dogs are summoned — Mythoi

Motif

Sheep persuade the wolf to sing. Dogs are summoned.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Escape by false plea. · view the constellation · filed as K561.2

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda
Spanish Exempla Keller.
general *Type 122C
general *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. IX 87

Within the index

Filed under Escape by persuading captor to talk.

Filed beside it

Attempted escape by persuading captor to talk fails Animal captor persuaded to talk and release victim from his mouth. Usually cock and fox, fox and wolf, or mouse and cat Crocodile persuaded to open his mouth. When he does, he shuts his eyes automatically and monkey escapes

Carried in tale types

The Sheep Persuades the Wolf to Sing before he eats him · ATU 122C 1 recorded variant

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