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

Motif

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.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lie: Great hunters and fishermen. · The wonderful hunt. · view the constellation · filed as X1116

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

U.S.*Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under The wonderful hunt.

Filed beside it

The unlucky hunt Hunter shoots ram-rod full of ducks Hunter catches fish in boots while wading Man lays bag by fencehole and all the hares run into it Large bag of frozen raccoons taken by hunter. (Cf. X1130.3.)Miscellaneous stories of plentiful game

Carried in tale types

The Breathing Tree · ATU 19161 recorded variant

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