Tame bird and wild bird. The tame bird tells the wild one to look about him. He is shot

Motif

Tame bird and wild bird. The tame bird tells the wild one to look about him. He is shot.

Reversal of fortune. · Pride brought low. · Proud animal less fortunate than humble. · view the constellation · filed as L451.1

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

JapaneseIkeda.
general Type 245

Within the index

Filed under Wild animal finds his liberty better than tame animal's ease.

Filed beside it

Wild ass envies tame ass until he sees his burdens Wolf prefers liberty and hunger to dog's servitude and plenty Parrot prefers cold wet nest in freedom to luxury in royal palace

Carried in tale types

The Tame Bird and the Wild Bird · ATU 2451 recorded variant

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