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- Wolf (bear) boasts of having eaten horses. When the horse strikes sparks with his hoofs the lion is frightened and picks up the boastful wolf to show him the horse. He squeezes the wolf to death. J2351.4
- Boastful coward frightened when he sees strong adversaries. Hides in trousers of plowman who fights the men. J2631
- Boastful fly-killer: "seven at a blow". A tailor who has killed seven flies writes on a placard: "Seven at a blow." He is received as a great warrior. K1951.1
- Boastful elephant killer: killed at one blow. Elephant has been poisoned. K1951.1.1
- Boastful coward frightened by conspirators. K1951.4
- Boastfulness. W117