Hunting wolves with rod and line — Mythoi

Motif

Hunting wolves with rod and line.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lie: Great hunters and fishermen. · Lie: the great marksman. · view the constellation · filed as X1124.4

Cited in the index

general Type 1896*.

Within the index

Filed under Lie: the hunter catches or kills game by ingenious or unorthodox method. (Cf. X1132.)

Filed beside it

Shooting off the leader's tail. An old blind bear is being led by a young bear, whose tail the old bear has in his mouth. The hunter shoots off the young bear's tail and seizes it. Thus leads the old bear home Hunter turns animal inside out. He reaches down animal's throat, grasps his tail, and turns him inside out Accidental discharge of gun kills much game. Gun kills a bird which falls on loose limb of tree, which falls on bear, etc., etc

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