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|Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Clouston (1884); Epstein (1967) | |||
|Has Content Tag=Beating; (Threat of) bodily mutilation; Animal tale; Fox; Deception | |||
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A fox sneaks into town, but is caught inside the gates at nightfall. Feigning death in attempt to escape detection, the fox withstands one abuse after another for a while - its tail is cut off for a brush, an old woman plucks out its eye for a talisman, etcetera - but when it faces life-threatening injury, the fox can no longer lie still and leaps up to run away. | A fox sneaks into town, but is caught inside the gates at nightfall. Feigning death in attempt to escape detection, the fox withstands one abuse after another for a while - its tail is cut off for a brush, an old woman plucks out its eye for a talisman, etcetera - but when it faces life-threatening injury, the fox can no longer lie still and leaps up to run away. | ||
|Has Note=Nishimura notes relevant motifs and analogues for this fable: | |||
'''Motifs:''' TMI K522: Escape by shamming death; ATU33: The fox plays dead and is thrown out of the pit and escapes. | |||
'''Analogues, references:''' ''Dai Chido-ron'', 14.23 (''Taishozo'' 25, 162c~163a. Julien, No.23); ''Pantschâkhjâna-Wârttika'', 41 ‘Der Schakal, der Bulle und die Tiere des Waldes‘; Attar, ''The Ilahi Nama or Book of God'', 14.10: 'Story of the fox that was caught in a trap’; ''Conde Lucanor'', 29 ‘Wie es einem Fuchs, der sich tot stellte, ergangen‘; Ruiz, ''The Book of Good Love'', 1412-1420. In ''Le Roman de Renart'', lines 501-522 of 16: ‘The Story of Renart’s Framing of Isanglan in the Well’, a wolf pretends to be dead and runs away. | |||
'''Bibliography:''' Chauvin VIII 29; Landau 35. | |||
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Revision as of 17:06, 22 January 2025
The Fox
A fox sneaks into town, but is caught inside the gates at nightfall. Feigning death in attempt to escape detection, the fox withstands one abuse after another for a while - its tail is cut off for a brush, an old woman plucks out its eye for a talisman, etcetera - but when it faces life-threatening injury, the fox can no longer lie still and leaps up to run away.
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Nishimura notes relevant motifs and analogues for this fable: Motifs: TMI K522: Escape by shamming death; ATU33: The fox plays dead and is thrown out of the pit and escapes. Analogues, references: Dai Chido-ron, 14.23 (Taishozo 25, 162c~163a. Julien, No.23); Pantschâkhjâna-Wârttika, 41 ‘Der Schakal, der Bulle und die Tiere des Waldes‘; Attar, The Ilahi Nama or Book of God, 14.10: 'Story of the fox that was caught in a trap’; Conde Lucanor, 29 ‘Wie es einem Fuchs, der sich tot stellte, ergangen‘; Ruiz, The Book of Good Love, 1412-1420. In Le Roman de Renart, lines 501-522 of 16: ‘The Story of Renart’s Framing of Isanglan in the Well’, a wolf pretends to be dead and runs away. Bibliography: Chauvin VIII 29; Landau 35. |
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