The Folktale
Stith Thompson
The Animal Languages |
Part Two The Folktale from Ireland to India II – The Complex Tale 4. Magic and marvels E. Knowledge of Animals Speech |
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A skill which proves convenient to the heroes of a number of tales is that of speaking and understanding the language of animals. This trait is old and widespread in folklore and mythology. Siegfried in Norse myth and Melampus in Greek possessed this power, and they both received it from a serpent [80] or dragon. This motif in all its details forms the introduction to one of the best known traditional stories of Asia and Europe, The Animal Languages ( A snake who wishes to repay a man for a favor teaches him the language of animals, but does so under the condition that he shall never say anything to anyone about it: if he should do so, he must die. In his home one day the man hears two animals talking together and their conversation amuses him so that he laughs at it. When his wife sees him laughing when there is apparently nothing to laugh at, she demands to know the cause. The man hesitates to tell her, and says that he must die if he should ever tell anybody the reason. The wife, however, insists upon her demand. Finally the man makes up his mind to satisfy the curiosity of his wife, and prepares to die. But just then he chances to hear another animal conversation. The male animal (usually a cock) speaks words of warning about a man who can maintain no discipline in his house, but who is thinking about dying for the sake of his wife. The man takes these words to heart and refuses to betray the secret. [p. 84] Both on account of the frequent appearance of this story in the older literary texts of India and because of the stability of the oral variants of India and surrounding countries, there seems little doubt that the tale has been brought into Europe from the East. It appears in such notable Oriental collections as the Ramayana, the Jātaka (both the Indian and the Chinese forms), the Twenty-Five Tales of a Vampire, the Persian Tuti-Nameh, and the Thousand and One Nights. Its presence in medieval Europe is indicated by its appearance in the Gesta Romanorum, in a novella of Morlini, and in Straparola's collection of tales. But in spite of this literary background the story has been adopted by the people and has become a part of the repertory of oral tales in almost every country of Europe. It is especially common in Finland and the Baltic states. In the Near East and in present-day India it is well established, and beyond India it is known at least in Annam and Java. It is one of the most popular of all foreign tales which have been taken over by African tribes, not fewer than twenty-five versions having been reported, from every quarter of the continent. The tale has, however, hardly entered the western hemisphere; at least none have been noted except from Jamaica and from a Cape Verde Island tradition in Massachusetts. In some stories the knowledge of animal languages serves to promote the success of the hero in much the same way as Aladdin's lamp did his. In the tale known from the Grimms' title as The Three Languages ( Special virtues in connection with the learning of language are ascribed to a serpent's crown, though its efficacy is by no means confined to this function. In one story of this kind ( |
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[80] This motif is found in Grimm's tale, The White Serpent ( [81] Der tiersprachenkfindige Mann. [82] For the appearance of this motif in other tales, see [83] For the appearance of this motif in other tales, see [84] In a similar incident well known in Germany and surrounding countries ( |
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Types: 285, 517, 670 671, 672A, 672B, 672C, 673, 781 |
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Motifs H171.2, K512.2 |
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Part Two The Folktale from Ireland to India II – The Complex Tale 12. Origin and history of the complex tales |
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Not every complex tale known to story-tellers of the area we are considering has found a place in the discussion just concluded. But practically all of those omitted are of very limited distribution. [283] With each tale the main facts about its history and its occurrences in oral tradition have been indicated wherever conclusions seemed possible. While discussing each tale, I have had before me a summary of the scholarship which has been devoted to it and a complete list of oral versions insofar as the extensive reference books and regional surveys now available made this possible. Frequently the mere bringing together of this material was sufficient to compel conclusions about the tale which do not seem likely to need revision. But when all tales with such clear-cut histories have been considered, there remain a large number which present problems sufficient to occupy the attention of scholars for many a decade to come. Of these complex tales, along with a few closely related simple anecdotes, we have examined somewhat over two hundred. The order in which they have been taken up has been determined by their subject matter. And that means that tales about the same kinds of characters or incidents have been brought together, often when there was no organic relationship between them and when they had little if anything in common in their origin and history. When so much remains dark about the beginnings and about the vicissitudes of so large a number of our folktales, no complete account of them can be based upon historical categories. Nevertheless, in a very tentative way it may be of interest to see which of our tales have a history that can be proclaimed with some confidence, which of them show great probabilities of proper solution, and which of them still present difficult problems. That many of our European and Asiatic folktales go back to a literary source is as clear as any fact of scholarship can be made. There would thus seem to be no reason to doubt that an Oriental literary text is responsible for the subsequent development of a considerable number of tales which have received oral currency in Europe and sometime in the Orient. In the older Buddhistic sources [284] are found: Death's Messengers ( Similarly, an ultimate origin in European literature seems unmistakable for a dozen or more of the stories current today, whether locally or over the complete European-Asiatic area. Three of the tales which we have noticed certainly go back to Greek literature: Oedipus ( The fact that one may cite a literary form of a story, even a very old version, is by no means proof that we have arrived at the source of the tradition. Nothing is better authenticated in the study of traditional narrative than the fact that the literary telling of a tale may represent merely one of hundreds of examples of the story in question and have for the history of the tradition no more significance than any other one of the hundreds of variants at hand. Apuleius's telling of Cupid and Psyche and the author of Tobit's version of The Grateful Dead Man tale appear both to be rather late and somewhat, aberrant forms of much older oral tales. With this warning in mind, the careful student should be slow in arriving at the conclusion that a stated literary document is the fountainhead of a particular narrative tradition. For those tales which we have just listed, the actual dependence on the literary source has seemed well established. In addition to these, there are a considerable number for which there is a well-known early literary form to which the weight of evidence would point probably, but not quite certainly, as the actual source. Some of these tales have been very popular among story-tellers, and have spread over two or more continents, and some have had only a very limited acceptance among the people. The degree of popularity and the geographical extent of the distribution is a fact which must be taken into consideration with every tale when we are trying to judge the question of its ultimate literary or oral invention. For this reason, in listing the tales with probable literary sources, it is helpful to indicate briefly what type of oral distribution each has. At least related to the old Greek story of The Cranes of Ibycus is the tale The Sun Brings All to Light ( The rich prose literature of medieval Iceland has in it many folktale elements, most of which doubtless go back to popular tradition. But this may not have been true in all cases: an Icelandic prose tale of 1339 seems to lie back of the oral tale Godfather Death ( The jestbooks of the Renaissance contain a number of folktales. In many cases, these were taken from older literary collections, or indeed from oral tradition. But occasionally they seem to have served as a real source for tales which now belong to the folk. Such would seem to be true of The Wishes ( A German literary tale of the thirteenth century may well be the beginning of The Frog King ( For all the tales mentioned thus far in this summary there seems a strong probability of ultimate literary origin. But it cannot be too frequently repeated that the fact of the appearance of a tale in some literary document is no proof that it did not originate among the people. Oral tales have been a very fruitful source For literary story-tellers everywhere. It thus happens that frequently the literary appearance of a story only represents one of many hundreds of versions and is, of course, less important in the history of the tale than the oral variant from which the story was borrowed. It is not always easy to tell when a story belongs primarily to oral tradition and frequently the problem of priority is quite unsolvable. But a very considerable number of tales appearing in literary collections show such a preponderance of oral variants, as well as other indications of popular origin, that their literary appearance would seem to be purely incidental. There can be little doubt that they are all essentially oral, both in origin and in history. Several such oral tales have found a place in Oriental literary collections. In the Hindu fable collection, the Panchatantra, occurs a good part of the tale of Luck and Intelligence ( Much more frequently have oral tales found a place in one or more European collections of literary stories. In another place more specific mention [p. 181] is made of popular tales embedded in the Greek or Latin classics. [286] Sometimes these retellings represent rather faithfully what must have been the plot of one of our oral tales at the time and place it was heard, though there may be radical adaptation to literary form or fashion. Such is true of the retelling of the tale of Polyphemus ( It is sometimes difficult to tell whether such a classical story as that of Perseus is really a version of a folktale now current in Europe. There is little doubt, however, that the appearance of the story of The Dragon-Slayer ( In other literary forms of the Middle Ages there occasionally appear oral tales. Geoffrey of Monmouth, in telling the story of King Lear, includes the incident of Love Like Salt ( Though the jestbooks which were in vogue during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries normally consist of very simple anecdotes, occasionally they included a complex folk story, like Hansel and Gretel ( For the history of the folktale, two collections in the novella tradition are especially important. Insofar as they contain folktales, they are either purely oral stories or else tales of literary origin which had already become a part of the folklore of Italy. Many of these oral tales have their first literary appearance in these collections. In the Pleasant Nights of Straparola in the sixteenth century are versions of: The Magician and His Pupil ( An even longer list of oral tales is found for the first time in the Pentamerone of Basile, 1634-36. Among them are: The Maiden in the Tower ( The folktale collection of Charles Perrault which appeared in 1697 is hardly to be considered as literary at all, but rather as a group of fairly faithful versions of oral tales. The later French collections of Madame D'Aulnoy, on the other hand, were definitely literary, and seldom contained any real folktales which had not already appeared in writers like Straparola or Basile. Exceptions are The Mouse as Bride ( Such are the principal collections of literary tales which have given us versions of oral stories. To complete the list, one would have to make several miscellaneous additions. The King and the Abbot ( Such is the list of those tales which, although they have appeared in one or more literary collections, seem quite certainly to be oral, both in origin and in history. Sometimes their subsequent popularity has been greatly increased by the fact that they have been charmingly retold by Basile or Perrault. Otherwise, their history is in no essential respect different from that large group of stories to which we shall now turn. These belong to the folklore of Europe and Asia, and have never had the fortune to appeal to any literary story teller. We know them only in oral form and can therefore speak with almost complete certainty of their origin among the people. Here belong some of the most interesting of all folktales. Most of the European stories which originated in the Orient either go back to literary sources in the East or else, in spite of their origin in popular Oriental tradition, have received literary treatment in Asia or in Europe. Such tales, of literary origin or handling, have just been discussed. There remain a few which seem to have developed orally in Asia and to have reached Europe entirely by word of mouth. Such is true of Three Hairs from the Devil's Beard ( By far the largest number of purely oral European and Asiatic tales seem quite certainly to have developed in Europe. The great majority of these are confined to the European continent, but some of them are worldwide in their distribution. Examples of the latter are The Dragon-Slayer ( A considerable number of oral stories have received very wide distribution over the entire European continent but, except for purely sporadic occurrences, they do not appear elsewhere. To this list belong: The Hunter ( The stories just listed are well represented in all parts of Europe, so that without special investigation it is not easy to say just where the story has developed. With a large number of tales, however, we find that, in spite of occurrences over the entire continent, their area of great popularity is clearly limited, sometimes to a single country, more often to a group of neighboring peoples. Such tales with occurrences primarily in eastern Europe are: The Princess in the Shroud ( General European tales most popular in eastern and northern Europe are: The Danced-Out Shoes ( Especially characteristic of Scandinavia and the Baltic states are: The Boy Steals the Giant's Treasure ( Rather widespread traditions having their focus definitely in Scandinavia are: The Man from the Gallows ( Oral tales distributed over all Europe, but especially characteristic of the western countries, are: The Giantkiller and his Dog (Bluebeard) ( Finally, at least two tales seem to be especially characteristic of British tradition: Tom-Tit-Tot ( There has been no attempt in this book to give notice to all folktales known in Europe and Asia, especially to the hundreds of oral stories which are told in only a single locality or which have never traveled far from their original home. A considerable number of such stories local to Roumania, Hungary, Wallonia, and Russia may be examined in the excellent folktale surveys of these countries. [289] Of such of them as appear in the Aarne-Thompson Types of the Folk-Tale, it will be noticed that a large number of the local tales are characteristic of the Baltic area. It must be borne in mind that very exhaustive lists have been made of the Finnish and Estonian tales, [290] so that these large numbers are no cause for wonder. Of these oral tales in the main part of the Aarne-Thompson index, the following seem to be confined to the Baltic states: a version of The Black and the White Bride ( Local to the Baltic and Scandinavian countries are: [291] a version of The Children and the Ogre ( A much smaller group are limited to the Baltic states and Russia: The Strong Woman as Bride ( Though the groups of peoples just noticed are represented by a large number [p. 186] of local stories, some tales of limited dissemination occur almost everywhere. Thus The Faithless Wife ( In the rapid summary just completed it seems clear that for most of the complex tales of the European and Asiatic areas some generalizations are safe. Though we may not be able to say just when or just where a tale originated, or whether it was first an oral story or a literary creation, the general probabilities are such as we have indicated. Many questions of detail within the limits of these probabilities will engage the efforts of future scholars. There still remain a considerable number of these complex tales where the evidence at present available is either insufficient to lead to general conclusions or else is so overwhelming in amount that it has never yet been properly utilized for systematic investigation. For some tales, when the data are all assembled, the question as to whether they are essentially literary or oral seems quite unsolvable without much further study. Among such tales are: The Gifts of the Little People ( In another group the question as to whether the tale is essentially Oriental or European is still not satisfactorily solved: The Ogre's (Devil's) Heart in the Egg ( Finally, a half dozen stories well known over the entire world present major problems of investigation, because of the great mass of materials at [p. 187] hand, much of unorganized. Each of them offers a challenge to scholarship. These six tales The Man on a Quest for his Lost Wife ( |
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[283] An exhaustive treatment would include a considerable number of such tales of purely local development for Lithuania, for Roumania, for Russia, and for India. The material for the first three of these countries may be examined in the surveys of Balys, Schullerus, and Andrejev, respectively (see references on pp. 420f.). No adequate survey of the material for India has yet been made. I have been working upon one for some years and have reasonable hopes of completing it. [284] These are best represented by (1) Cowell, The Jātaka; (2) Chavannts, 500 Contes. [285] For a discussion of this point, see p. 160, above. [286] See pp. 278ff., below. [287] See pp. I39f., above. [288] The other tales which are distributed over the world and have received literary treatment have already been discussed. [289] For Roumania, Hungary, and Wallonia, see FF Communications Nos. 78, 81, and 101 respectively. For the Russian, see Andrejev, Ukazatel' Skazočnich Siuzhetov. [290] The number of purely Baltic tales would be greatly increased by inclusion of all those listed in Balys' Motif Index, which appeared after the Aarne-Thompson Index, and also by citing many of the "Types not Included" from the Aarne-Thompson Index. [291] Single sporadic occurrences elsewhere are disregarded.
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Types: 123, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 306, 307, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 315B*, 316, 325, 326, 327A, 327B, 327C, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 335, 360, 361, 363, 365, 366, 400, 401, 402, 403, 403C, 405, 407, 408, 409, 410, 425, 426, 428, 430, 431, 432, 433, 440, 441, 449*, 450, 451, 460A, 460B, 461, 465, 470, 471, 473, 475, 480, 500, 501, 502, 503, 505, 506A, 506B, 507A, 507B, 507C, 508, 510, 510A, 510B, 511, 511*, 513, 513A, 514, 516, 517, 518, 519, 530, 531, 532, 533, 545A, 545B, 550, 551, 552, 552B, 553, 554, 555, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 565, 566, 567, 569, 570, 571, 575, 577, 580, 590, 591, 592, 593, 610, 611, 612, 613, 620, 621, 650, 652, 653, 654, 655, 660, 665, 670, 671, 672A, 672B, 672C, 673, 675, 677, 700, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 715, 720, 725, 735, 736, 745, 750A, 750B, 751, 752A, 752B, 753, 755, 756A, 756B, 756C, 759, 761, 765, 780, 781, 785, 791, 800, 801, 802, 803, 804, 810, 812, 815, 820, 821, 822, 830, 831, 832, 836, 837, 840, 841, 844, 850, 851, 852, 853, 854, 870, 870A, 875, 881, 882, 884, 888, 890, 892, 900, 901, 910A, 910B, 910C, 910D, 920, 921, 922, 923, 923A, 927, 930, 931, 935, 945, 950, 951A, 951B, 952. 953, 954, 956A, 956B, 960, 1137, 1525, 1535, 1538, 1539, 1540, 1542, 1544, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1650, 1651, 1652, 1655, 1697, 1750 |
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Part Two The Folktale from Ireland to India V – European-Asiatic Folktales in other Continents 2. Africa |
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The Sahara Desert has always served as a great dividing line for the cultures of the African continent. North of the desert, from Egypt to the Atlantic Ocean, the contact with European and Moslem culture has been intimate and continuous. As far as the folktale, at least, is concerned, that whole stretch of land is properly to be considered as a southern fringe of the European and Asiatic area. South of the Sahara, however, though there are intrusions from Europe and Asia, folk traditions are essentially native. The great majority of their tales have certainly had their origin on the soil of central or southern Africa. The extent to which these tales are purely African differs greatly from tribe to tribe and especially from one culture area to another. Where there has been little direct contact with the Asiatics or Europeans, contamination is negligible, but it increases in direct proportion to outside contacts. In east [p. 285] Africa, especially that part lying close to Arabia and even further south, there is ample evidence of long association with Asiatic Moslems, even when the native populations have not embraced Mohammedanism. In contrast to this very old intrusion of outside tradition, the taking over of tales from Europe has occurred only during the last two or three centuries with the gradual penetration of the Western Powers into Africa. Some of this may have taken place rather early in the development of the American slave trade, since there are unmistakable signs of European tales which have been brought to America by slaves, probably during the eighteenth century. An analysis of the occurrence of European and Asiatic tales in central and south Africa shows a considerable difference in the interest various tribes have had in stories which have come to them from outside. In some, the folk tradition is very little affected; in others, the material from outside actually overbalances the native. Of the tales which have been brought in, some are found once or twice but have never made much of a place for themselves, while others have spread over the whole continent. Some of these tales which have great popularity in Africa have certainly come directly or indirectly from India. Such are The Tarbaby ( The tales just listed are very popular, not one of them appearing in Africa in fewer than ten versions. Their conformity to the European or Asiatic type is unmistakable, and we are sure that for at least this many stories there has been a widespread borrowing from the other continents. For a few very widely distributed African tales, the situation is not quite so clear. The story is told with some difference from the European or Asiatic analogue, and there is at least a possibility that we are dealing with a closely parallel narrative rather than an actual borrowing. Doubtful cases of this kind are represented by The Animals Build a Road ( These are only the most popular of the foreign tales in Africa. When we consider all of the borrowings which have thus far been reported, we find a total of 119 of the 718 types listed in the Aarne-Thompson catalogue. Perhaps most popular are the animal tales, a goodly number of which have become familiar to us in a later stage of development in the American Negro Uncle Remus cycle. But we also find a considerable group of the typical wonder tales such as Cinderella, Puss in Boots, The Two Travelers, and, strangely enough, six black adaptions of Snow White. There are, of course, certain types of European stories not likely to appeal to such an alien culture, with different social contentions and life experiences. We seek in vain for tales based primarily upon the typical religious organization in Europe. But these fields of very special interest are strictly limited, and the African finds enjoyment in nearly every kind of European folktale. He may do some queer things with them and change them around so that little more than a skeleton of the original remains and so that it takes the expert eye to discover that they are not actually native. On the other hand he may take the tale over completely with all its foreign trappings, and it may remain as completely exotic as the railroad train or the airplane. |
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Types: 5, 15, 55, 125, 175, 333, 400, 403, 545, 563, 653, 670, 781, 1074, 1115, 1119, 1310, 1530, 1535, 1655, 2034C |
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Type Indonesian African American Indian   1. The Theft of Fish 5 7 2. Tail-Fisher 3 13 4. Carrying the Sham-Sick Trickster 5 5. Biting the Foot 13 16 6. Inquiring about the Wind 2 7. Calling of Three Tree Names 1 8. The Painting 2 7 9A. The Unjust Partner: Bear Threshes 7 9B. The Unjust Partner: Corn and Chaff 2 15. Theft of Butter (Honey) by Playing Godfather 13 2 21. Eating His Own Entrails 1 1 30. Fox Tricks Wolf into Falling into a Pit 1 31. Fox Climbs from Pit on Wolf's Back 15 33. Fox Plays Dead and is Thrown out of Pit and Escape 20 5 36. Fox in Disguise Violates the She-Bear 1 37. Fox as Nursemaid for Bear 7 30 38. Claw in Split Tree 11 2 47A. Fox Hangs by Teeth to Horse's Tail 2 1 49. Bear and the Honey 2 50. Sick Lion 1 55. Animals Build a Road 18 1 56. Fox Steals Young Magpies 7 60. Fox and Crane 3 62. Peace Among Animals 1 72. Rabbit Rides Fox a-Courting 1 6 7 73. Blinding the Guard 2 2 100. Wolf as Dog's Guest Sings 1 101. Old Dog as Rescuer of Child 1 104. Cowardly Duelers 3 105. Cat's Only Trick 2 111. Cat and Mouse Converse 3 122A. Wolf Seeks Breakfast 2 122B. Cat Washes Face before Eating 5 123. Wolf and Kids 1 125. Wolf Flees from Wolf-Head 12 130. Animals in Night Quarters 1 154. "Bear-Food" 6 1 155. Ungrateful Serpent Returned to Captivity 12 156. Splinter in Bear's Paw 1 157. Learning to Fear Men 1 1 175. Tarbaby and Rabbit 2 39 23 210. Cock, Hen, etc. on Journey 10 221. Election of Bird King 2 222. War of Birds and Quadrupeds 4 225. Crane Teaches Fox to Fly 4 3 43? 228. Titmouse Tries to be Big as Bear 1 8 235. Jay Borrows Cuckoo's Skin 3 248. Dog and Sparrow 1 249. Ant and Cricket 3 275. Race of Fox and Crayfish 26 1 295. Bean, Straw, and Coal 3 300. Dragon-Slayer 1 14 301. Three Stolen Princesses 16 302. Ogre's Heart in Egg 2 1 303. Twins or Blood-Brothers 3 3 307. Princess in the Shroud 2 311. Rescue by Sister (Girls in Sacks) 5 1 313. Girl as Helper in Hero's Flight 2 33 314. Youth Transformed to Horse (Goldener) 24 4 15 325. Magician and Pupil 1 326. Learning What Fear Is 2 327A. Hansel and Gretel 6 8 10 327B. Dwarf and Giant 3 327C. Devil Carries Hero in Sack 9 6? 328. Boy Steals Giant's Treasure 6 331. Spirit in Bottle 1 333. Red Ridinghood; Six Little Goats 16 400. Quest for Lost Wife 37 11 29 401. Princess Transformed into Deer 1 402. Mouse (Cat, etc.) as Bride 1 403. Black and White Bride 1 15 6 408. Three Oranges 1 425. Search for Lost Husband (Cupid and Psyche) 5 5 1 432. Prince as Bird 1 450. Little Brother and Little Sister 3 451. Maiden Who Seeks her Brothers 1 461. Three Hairs from Devil's Beard 17 1 1 471. Bridge to Other World 1 1 1 480. Spinning Woman by the Spring 6 3 506. Rescued Princess: Grateful Dead 6 1 507. Monster's Bride: Grateful Dead 1 510A. Cinderella 2 3 4 510B. Cap o' Rushes 2 1 511. One-Eye, Two-Eyes, Three-Eyes 3 513. The Helpers (Extraordinary Companions) 2 3 514. Shift of Sex 1 516. Faithful John 1 518. Devils Fight over Magic Objects 2 531. Clever Horse 3 2 533. Speaking Horse-head 6 545. Cat as Helper (Puss in Boots) 2 10 550. Bird, Horse, and Princess 4 4 551. Sons on Quest for Remedy 4 552A. Three Animal Brothers-in-Law 1 554. Grateful Animals 11 555. Fisher and His Wife 5 559. Dungbeetle 1 4 560. Magic Ring 36 8 2 561. Aladdin 1 2 563. Table, Ass, and Stick 7 14 4 566. Three Magic Objects and Wonderful Fruits 2 1 567. Magic Bird-heart 13 1 1 569. Knapsack, Hat, and Horn 5 5 570. Rabbit-herd 1 1 571. "All Stick Together" 1 590. Prince and Arm Bands 1 592. Jew Among Thorns 1 612. Three Snake-Leaves 2 613. Two Travelers 5 1 621. Louse-Skin 3 650. Strong John 27 3 4 653. Four Skillful Brothers 8 12 655. Wise Brothers 1 2 670. Animal Languages 6 23 671. Three Languages 2 675. Lazy Boy 2 676. Open Sesame 1 9 700. Tom Thumb 5 1 706. Maiden Without Hands 6 2 707. Three Golden Sons 8 1 709. Snow White 6 750. The Wishes: Hospitality Rewarded 1 1 3 780. Singing Bone 8 781. Princess Who Murdered her Child 12 785. Who Ate the Lamb's Heart? 1 851. Princess who Cannot Solve Riddle 3 2 852. Princess Forced to Say, "That is a Lie." 1 2 853. Princess Caught with her own Words 2 854. Golden Ram 1 875. Clever Peasant Girl 3 3 882. Wager on Wife's Chastity 2 900. King Thrushbeard 1? 901. Taming of the Shrew 1 910. The Good Precepts 2 921. King and Peasant's Son 1 2 922. King and Abbot 1 923. Love Like Salt 1 930. Prophecy for Poor Boy 1 1 931. Oedipus 1 935. Prodigal's Return 1 945. Luck and Intelligence 8 1 950. Rhampsinitus 1 1000. Anger Bargain 5 2 1004. Hogs in Mud, Sheep in Air 2 3 4 1012. Cleaning the Child 1 1015. Whetting the Knife 2 1030. Crop Division 1 1031. Roof as Threshing Flail 2 1060. Squeezing the Stone 1 1 1 1061. Biting the Stone 1 1 1062. Throwing the Stone 1 1 1063. Throwing Contest with Golden Club 1 1074. Race with Relatives in Line 6 38 12 1085. Pushing Hole in a Tree 1 1088. Eating Contest: Food in Bag 20 1115. Attempted Murder with Hatchet 10 1119. Ogre Kills Own Children: Substitutes in Bed 14 5 1149. Children Desire Ogre's Flesh 10 4 1157. Gun as Tobacco Pipe 1 1200. Sowing of Salt 1 1250. Bringing Water from Well: Human Chain 1 2 1260. Porridge in Ice Hole 1 1276. Rowing without Going Forward 4 1278. Bell Falls into Sea: Mark on Boat 2 1310. Crayfish as Tailor: Drowned 18 22 31 1319. Pumpkin as Ass's Egg, Rabbit as Colt 1 1350. Loving Wife: Man Feigns Death 1? 1360C. Old Hildebrand 1 1380. Faithless Wife: Husband Feigns Blindness 1 1384. Quest for Person Stupid as Wife 2 1386. Meat as Food for Cabbage 7 1415. Lucky Hans 2 1 1430. Man and Wife Build Air Castles 7 1 1525. Master Thief 2 6 1528. Holding Down the Hat 2 1 1530. Holding up the Rock 11 3 1535. Rich and Poor Peasant 10 16 11 1537. Corpse Killed Five Times 3 2 1539. Cleverness and Gullibility 7 3 1540. Student from Paradise (Paris) 3 1541. For the Long Winter 2 1542. The Clever Boy: Fooling-Sticks 8 1563. "Both?" 3 1585. Lawyer's Mad Client 1 1590. Trespasser's Defense 1 1610. To Divide Presents and Strokes 2 1611. Contest in Climbing Mast 1 1612. Contest in Swimming 1 1640. Brave Tailor 3 4 1641. Doctor Know-All 21 3 1642. The Good Bargain: Money to Frogs 4 1651. Whittington's Cat 2 2 1653. Robbers under Tree 2 1 5 1655. Eaten Grain and Cock as Damages 10 1 1685. Foolish Bridegroom 6 1 1696. "What Should I Have Said?" 6 4 2 1698A. Search for Lost Animal: Deaf Person 1 1698B. Travelers Ask the Way: Deaf Peasant 1 1730. Three Suitors Visit Chaste Wife 2 3 1737. Parson in Sack to Heaven 1 1775. Hungry Parson 3 1920A. Lying Contest: "Sea Burns" 1 1930. Schlaraffenland 3 2028. Troll (Wolf) Cut Open 1 2030. Old Woman and Pig 2 4 2031. Frost-bitten Foot 4 3 2033. Nut Hits Cock's Head 3 2034C. Lending and Repaying, Progressive Bargains 22 2035. House that Jack Built 4 2400. Ground Measured with Horse's Skin 1 |
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