Lies about freezing. (Cf. X1606.2.1.)
Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies about weather and climate. · Lies about cold weather. · view the constellation · filed as X1623
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- U.S. *Baughman.
Within the index
Filed under Lies about cold weather.
3 finer motifs beneath it
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Carried in tale types
- The Big Freeze · ATU 1967 1 recorded variant
- Severed Head Freezes to Body · ATU 1968 1 recorded variant
ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “freezing” · wander