Little fishes escape from the net. The large are caught — Mythoi

Motif

Little fishes escape from the net. The large are caught.

Reversal of fortune. · Triumph of the weak. · Easy escape of weak (small). · view the constellation · filed as L331

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 12, Section CCCI

Cited in the index

general *Type 253
general *BP III 355
general Wienert FFC LVI 66 (ET 299), 113 (ST 240)
general Halm Aesop No. 26.

Within the index

Filed under Easy escape of weak (small).

Filed beside it

Mice escape into their holes; weasels cannot follow them Hummingbird can see fowler's net; eagle is caught in spite of his boasts of good eyesight

Carried in tale types

The Fish in the Net · ATU 253 1 recorded variant

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