Fruit tree grows from head of deer shot with fruit pits

Motif

Fruit tree grows from head of deer shot with fruit pits.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lie: Great hunters and fishermen. · Lie: hunter's unusual experiences. · view the constellation · filed as X1130.2

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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IndiaThompson-Balys.
general Compare Münchhausen (1944) 32 (cherry tree). Canada, U.S.: *Baughman

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Filed under Lie: hunter's unusual experiences.

1 finer motif beneath it

Tree grows out of horse and gives rider shade

Filed beside it

Game rolls down hill in snow; snowball builds up around game, keeps it fresh and protected until used Water of stream or lake freezes just as frogs jump into lake. The frogs are caught in the ice Ingenious skinning of animal Lie: the hunter in danger

Carried in tale types

Fruit Tree Grows from Head of Deer · ATU 1889C1 recorded variant

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