Needle kills an elk. Slips into his stomach — Mythoi

Motif

Needle kills an elk. Slips into his stomach.

Reversal of fortune. · Triumph of the weak. · Triumph of the weak – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as L391

Cited in the index

general Type 90.

Within the index

Filed under Triumph of the weak – miscellaneous.

1 finer motif beneath it

Reed pricks and drives away dog that urinates on it

Filed beside it

Mouse stronger than wall, wind, mountain Only love to offer. Bride asks suitors what they have to offer her. Poor youth who has nothing but love to offer gets her Slow flying swan lasts longer than speedy crow in flying Frog, tortoise, fish each tell of how long they expect to live. Frog alone does not expect to live to a hundred and ten years and alone escapes fisherman's net

Carried in tale types

The Needle, the Glove, and the Squirrel · ATU 90 1 recorded variant

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