ATU 1149 Bluff: Children Desire Tiger's Flesh (previously Children Desire Ogre's Flesh)

ATU 1149

Bluff: Children Desire Tiger's Flesh (previously Children Desire Ogre's Flesh)

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Religious Tales · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Weak animal (man) makes large one (ogre) believe that he has eaten many of the large one's companions. The latter is frightened. 1 variant
Bluff: only one tiger; you promised ten. Child (or shepherd) calls out to the small hero (ape, hare) and makes the tiger (ogre) think that he is lucky to escape alive. 1 variant
Enemies frightened away by making them think they will be eaten. 1 variant

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.