ATU 281 Miscellaneous Tales of Gnats (previously The Gnats and the Horse)

ATU 281

Miscellaneous Tales of Gnats (previously The Gnats and the Horse)

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

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Gnats think they have thrown horse down. He has only rolled over. 1 variant
Gnats apologize for lighting on bull's horn. He had not felt their weight. 1 variant
Insects worry large animal to despair or death. 1 variant
Gnats having overcome lion are in turn killed by spider. 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.