Ingenious skinning of animal

Motif

Ingenious skinning of animal.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lie: Great hunters and fishermen. · Lie: hunter's unusual experiences. · view the constellation · filed as X1132

Within the index

Filed under Lie: hunter's unusual experiences.

1 finer motif beneath it

The nailed wolf's tail. Wolf's tail nailed to tree. Wolf runs away and leaves his skin hanging

Filed beside it

Game rolls down hill in snow; snowball builds up around game, keeps it fresh and protected until used Fruit tree grows from head of deer shot with fruit pits Water of stream or lake freezes just as frogs jump into lake. The frogs are caught in the ice Lie: the hunter in danger

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

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

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