Lie: venom of animal (snake, hornet, bee) causes object to swell — Mythoi

Motif

Lie: venom of animal (snake, hornet, bee) causes object to swell.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies about animals. · Lie: remarkable animals. · view the constellation · filed as X1205

Filed across the traditions

U.S. *Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Lie: remarkable animals.

1 finer motif beneath it

Snake strikes object, causing it to swell

Filed beside it

Lie: the great animal Lie: animals inherit acquired characteristics or conditions Lie: animal's food affects him in unusual way. (E.g. Pine tops: milk good for cough syrup.) Lie: animals eat one another up Lies: animals trained to respond to certain sounds: absurd result Animals already cooked for eating

Carried in tale types

Snakebite Causes Object to Swell · ATU 1889M 1 recorded variant

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