Man lays bag by fencehole and all the hares run into it — Mythoi

Motif

Man lays bag by fencehole and all the hares run into it.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lie: Great hunters and fishermen. · The wonderful hunt. · view the constellation · filed as X1114

Cited in the index

general Type 1893.

Within the index

Filed under The wonderful hunt.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Two hares run into each other and are caught Tiger lies in water with mouth open: cat drives fish in

Filed beside it

The unlucky hunt Hunter shoots ram-rod full of ducks Hunter catches fish in boots while wading Large bag of frozen raccoons taken by hunter. (Cf. X1130.3.) The breathing tree. Hunter cuts down tree packed full of animals. The tree is so full of animals that a crack in tree opens as animals inhale, closes when they exhale Miscellaneous stories of plentiful game

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