Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

73: Blinding the Guard

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 1-99: Wild Animals > 70-99: Other Wild Animals > 73: Blinding the Guard

Description

The rabbit, imprisoned in a hollow tree, induces his guard to look up at him. He spits tobacco juice into the guard's eyes and blinds the guard, and thus effects his escape.

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
"Trouble" Coming Down the Road	73	African-American			Internet Archive
Tricking All the Kings	73	African-American			Internet Archive

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