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L300. Triumph of the weak. Chauvin II 204 No. 59; Irish myth: Cross.
L301. Hermes distributes wit. Gives everyone the same measure of wit, so that the smaller are more clever than the large. Wienert FFC LVI 35; Halm Aesop No. 150.
L310. Weak overcomes strong in conflict.
L311. Weak (small) hero overcomes large fighter. *Type 328; A. Stender-Petersen Acta Jutlandica VI (1934) 166ff.; Irish myth: Cross; English: Child II 35ff.; Icelandic: *Boberg; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Japanese: Anesaki 311; Jewish: Neuman, I Samuel 17:23 (David and Goliath); N. A. Indian (Southern Paiute, Shivwits): Lowie JAFL XXXVII 150 No. 17; Guatamala Indian (Quiche): Alexander Lat. Am. 168ff.; Tuamotu: Beckwith Myth 476.
L311.1. Sick hero overcomes antagonist. Italian Novella: Rotunda.
L311.2. Poorly-armed hero overcomes well-armed by strategy. India: Thompson-Balys.
L311.3. Poor prince overcomes king. India: Thompson-Balys.
L311.4. Little innocent girl is able to drive giant out of land. India: Thompson-Balys.
L311.5. Small boy overcomes enraged gorilla. Africa: Stanley 281ff.
L312. Little strong man defeats giant in race. Eskimo (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 150.
L315. Small animal overcomes large. *BP II 437.
L315.1. Bird flies into large animal‘s ear and kills him. *Type 228; *BP II 437; Japanese: Ikeda; Indonesia: DeVries’s list No. 115.
L315.1.1. Mouse runs into buffalo‘s ear and overcomes him. Africa (Congo): Weeks Jungle 393f.
L315.2. Mouse torments bull who cannot catch him. Wienert FFC LVI 48 (ET 74), 113 (ST 236).
L315.3. Fox burns tree in which eagle has nest. Revenges theft of cub. Herbert III 12; *Crane Vitry 194 No. 144.
L315.4. Mother ape burns bear. Revenges theft of her young. *Crane Vitry 194 No. 143.
L315.5. Lark causes elephant to fall over precipice. Chauvin II 81 No. 1; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 771; Japanese: Ikeda.
L315.5.1. Elephant killed by mouse who runs up open end of trunk to head and there smears poison over his brain. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Congo): Weeks Jungle 393f.
L315.6. Insects worry large animal to despair or death. Wienert FFC LVI *48 (ET 76), 120 (ST 301); Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 187, 209; Japanese: Ikeda; Indonesia: DeVries’s list Nos. 132, 137.
L315.7. Dungbeetle keeps destroying eagle‘s eggs. Eagle at last goes to the sky and lays eggs in Zeus’s lap. The dungbeetle causes Zeus to shake his apron and break the eggs. Wienert FFC LVI *51 (ET 106), 77 (ET 432), 113 (ST 237), 114 (ST 249); Halm Aesop No. 7.
L315.8. Fish pricks monster with fins and defeats him. India: Thompson-Balys.
L315.9. Falcon attacks eagle repeatedly and defeats him. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
L315.10. Mice overcome camel. India: Thompson-Balys.
L315.11. Lizard defeats leopard. India: Thompson-Balys.
L315.12. Rabbit slays rhinoceros. India: Thompson-Balys.
L315.13. Hedgehog defeats tiger by jumping into tiger‘s mouth and tormenting him. India: Thompson-Balys.
L315.14. Ants overcome serpent. Africa (Congo): Weeks Jungle 386.
L315.15. Small animals dupe larger into trap. Africa (Bankon): Ittman 85, (Wachaga): Gutmann 190, (Cameroon): Lederbogen 19.
L316. Offended rats gnaw saddle girths of king’s horses so that he is defeated in battle. India: Thompson-Balys.
L318. Mice win war with woodcutters. India: Thompson-Balys.
L330. Easy escape of weak (small).
L331. Little fishes escape from the net. The large are caught. *Type 253; *BP III 355; Wienert FFC LVI 66 (ET 299), 113 (ST 240); Halm Aesop No. 26.
L332. Mice escape into their holes; weasels cannot follow them. Wienert FFC LVI 48 (ET 65), *113 (ST 241); Halm Aesop No. 291.
L333. Hummingbird can see fowler’s net; eagle is caught in spite of his boasts of good eyesight. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 290; Rumanian: Schullerus FFC LXXVIII No. 254*.
L350. Mildness triumphs over violence.
L350.1. Mildness triumphs over violence: queen advises husband to use kindness to enemies. This wins them over where war failed. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
L350.2. Saint uses kind words to pagan priest who has just smitten a Christian. This causes pagan to repent. Conversion follows. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
L351. Contest of wind and sun. Sun by warmth causes traveler to remove coat, while wind by violent blowing causes him to pull it closer around him. Wienert FFC LVI 43 (ET 7), 80 (ET 457), 136 (ST 419); Halm Aesop No. 82; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3900; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 381ff.; Russian: Andrejev No. 298*; Indonesia: DeVries‘s list Nos. 95, 140. Cf. Halm No. 414.
L351.1. Contest between wind (rain) and sun. Rain also tries unsuccessfully like wind. India: Thompson-Balys.
L351.2. Sun cursed by man for its burning rays, wind for its hot breath, but moon is blessed for its soft, cool, and beautiful light. India: Thompson-Balys.
L353. Mild brother triumphs over warlike. Survives him and inherits property. Africa (Fang): Tessman 191ff.
L361. Priest who gives mild penances succeeds where others fail. Scala Celi 48a No. 272; Alphabet No. 183; Herbert III 505, 570; Spanish Exempla: Keller.
L363. Goldsmith gives money to one who addressed him as friend (the goldsmith had no friends because he has cheated everybody.) India: Thompson-Balys.
L390. Triumph of the weak-miscellaneous.
L391. Needle kills an elk. Slips into his stomach. Type 90.
L391.1. Reed pricks and drives away dog that urinates on it. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
L392. Mouse stronger than wall, wind, mountain. *DeCock Volkssage 31ff.; BP I 148 n. 2; Wesselski Mönchslatein 82 No. 75; Chauvin II 97 No. 55; Archiv f. d. Studium d. neueren Sprachen LXXXI 265; Germania II 481; Basset RTP VII 394ff.; Basset Contes Berbères 95f; *Bødker Exempler 297 No. 60. – Spanish: Keller, Espinosa III Nos. 275 – 277; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda.
L392.1. Mosquitoes sting King Pharaoh and show they are stronger than the man who cannot escape them. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
L393. Only love to offer. Bride asks suitors what they have to offer her. Poor youth who has nothing but love to offer gets her. India: Thompson-Balys.
L394. Slow flying swan lasts longer than speedy crow in flying. India: Thompson-Balys.
L395. Frog, tortoise, fish each tell of how long they expect to live. Frog alone does not expect to live to a hundred and ten years and alone escapes fisherman’s net. India: Thompson-Balys.
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