Motif
animal race wager after insult
animal_race_wager_after_insult
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
germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 22940-23011 confidence: high
The hare visits his cabbages, refuses the hedgehog’s greeting, and mocks him: “It seems to me that you might use your legs for a better purpose.”
The hare mocks the hedgehog’s legs, and the hedgehog responds by wagering that he can outstrip the hare in a race.
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