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

1050: Felling trees

ATU > 1000-1199: TALES OF THE STUPID OGRE (GIANT, DEVIL) > 1030-1059: Partnership between Man and Ogre > 1050: Felling trees

Description

The ogre and the trickster are to fell a large tree. The trickster purposely dulls his axe on a stone and then asks the ogre to exchange. Rather than work with the dull axe, the ogre does all the work. [K178, K1421]. Cf. Type 650 IV.

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