Motif
animal misinterprets human tools
animal_misinterprets_human_tools
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
shan
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Shans at Home, With Two Chapters on Shan History and Literature THE STORY OF U-TAIN / THE STORY OF THE RAINBOW / THE STORY OF LITTLE THUMB / THE WOLF AND THE MAN; lines 11754-11782 confidence: high
The wolf says the man used a stick in his mouth that stung like thunder and lightning, then used a bone from his body, yet the wolf still denies that the man himself is strong.
The wolf describes the gun as a stick put into the mouth and the knife as a bone taken from the man's body.
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