ATU 157 — Learning to Fear Men

The fox undertakes to persuade the wolf of the frightfulness of men. They see an old man. The fox says this was a man but is no longer one. Likewise a boy (will be a man). Next a man with a gun. The wolf approaches and is shot. He tells the fox he could have defeated the man but for the man's spitting fire. [J17].

Arne Thompson: 157, 157A

Thompson motif index: J17., J22.1.