Beschrijving
Animals Learn to Fear Men (previously Learning to Fear Men). A wolf (lion, bear) boasts about being stronger than a man. The fox wants to convince him that men are dangerous. They see a boy, and the fox explains that he will be a man later. When they meet an old man, the fox says this was a man but is no longer one. Then they see an armed hunter. The wolf approaches, but the man shots and stabs him with a sabre. Later the wolf tells the fox he could have defeated the man if he did not spit fire and attack him with a sharp rib [J17, J32].
Motief
J17
J32
Commentaar
Aesopic fable (Perry 1965, 484 No. 340). Documented by Hans Sachs 1551 (Der leb mit dem monthier).
Combinaties
38, 121, and 157A.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
157
Subgenre
sprookje