K8C1 — Swallowed by a herbivore, then by a wolf.

A tiny man is first accidentally swallowed by a large herbivore, then carried off by a wolf that began to eat the carcass of this animal.

Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes

This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part of group 11, Tricks and competitions won thanks to deception, absurd and obscene behavior.

K8a.  The character enters the belly of an aquatic creature or a giant creature whose appearance and habitat are not precisely described. He kills the creature from within (K952) and/or returns to the outside without outside help. Upon emerging from the belly, he often finds himself bald (K921). Cf. motifs I81B (Charybdis) and L110 (Devourer).
K8aa.  A huge bird swallows people. The hero kills it, freeing those who have been swallowed, or, if he himself has been swallowed, he manages to get out alive.
K8b.  A raven finds itself in the belly of a whale; the woman inside asks it not to touch a certain organ of the whale (usually the heart) or a burning lamp. The raven breaks the prohibition, the woman disappears, and the whale dies.
K8c.  The character enters the belly of an ordinary land animal, kills it from within (K952) and/or returns to the outside without outside help. Cf. motif M118.
K8c1.  A tiny man is first accidentally swallowed by a large herbivore, then carried off by a wolf that began to eat the carcass of this animal.
K8c2.  The mouse is swallowed by a large land animal and comes out by cutting it open from the inside.
K8c3.  One (zoomorphic) character refuses to use any part of another's body except the one he uses to kill him.
K8c4.  A small animal (bird, mouse, porcupine, fox) or (rarely) a tiny human being allows itself to be swallowed by a large ungulate (elk, deer, bison, tapir) in order to rip open its belly (and eat it).
K8c5.  A zoomorphic character no larger than a fox allows itself to be swallowed by a bear and kills it by tearing it apart from the inside.
K8d.  The character enters the body of an anthropomorphic creature, kills it from within (K952) and/or returns to the outside without outside help.
K8e.  The character penetrates inside the creature through the anus.
K8f.  The swallowed one discovers a living deer in the belly of the monster. See motif K8A.

This motif has been recorded in 28 traditions: Scotland, Scots, Picts, Scotti, Scottish, Spain, Spaniards, Basques, Catalan, France, Germans: North (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg, Pommern, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen, Brandenburg, Rügen, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, Setu, Karelians, Tajik, Persians, Ossetians, Gagauz, Anatolia Turks, Kazakh, Kirghiz, Turkmen, Bashkirs, Chuvash, Mongols (Khalkha), Tuvinians of Tuva, Tuvans, Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit, Altaians, Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar, Altaians, Italians: Central (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Lazio), Lutsi (Ludza)