Motif
false claim of victory after escape
false_claim_of_victory_after_escape
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Deceptive Speech, Voices, and False Claims. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India PRIDE MUST HAVE A FALL / THE BOLD BEGGAR / THE JACKAL WOULD A-WOOING GO / THE LION AND THE BOAR; lines 2268-2355 confidence: high
At the lake the lion smells the dirty boar, reacts with disgust, says the boar has saved his life, and refuses to touch him.
After surviving because the lion refuses to touch him, the boar tells his friends that he beat the lion and made him run away.
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