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

112: Town Mouse and Country Mouse

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 100-149: Wild Animals and Domestic Animals > 112: Town Mouse and Country Mouse

Description

Country mouse visits town mouse. Former prefers poverty with safety.

See also: 245

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Hjemmusa og fjellmusa	112	Norwegian	Asbjørnsen & Moe	Norway	1841
De stadsmuis en de veldmuis	112	Dutch	Luc Cielen	Greece	_
De huismuis en de bergmuis	112	Dutch	Greta Baars-Jelgersma	Norway	_
II sorcio di palazzo e il sorcio d'orto	112	Italian	Italo Calvino	Italy	1956
El Ratón de la corte y el del campo	112	Spanish	Félix María Samaniego	Spain	_
Μῦς ἀρουραῖος καὶ μῦς ἀστικός	112	Ancient Greek	Βαβρίας	Greece	_
Μῦς ἀρουραῖος καὶ μῦς ἀστικός.	112	Ancient Greek	Αἴσωπος	Greece	_
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse	112	English	Laura Gibbs	Greece	_
The Town-mouse And The Fell-mouse	112	English	George Dasent	Norway	1908
The Palace Mouse and the Garden Mouse	112	English	George Martin	Italy	1980
Hiriko arathoa eta kanpoko arathoa	112	Basque	Jean Baptiste Arxu	France	1848
U surci di campagna e u surci ri shittà	112	Sicilian	_	Greece	_
The Town Rat and the Country Rat	112	English	Walter Thornbury	France	1885
El ratolí de camp i el ratolí de ciutat	112	Catalan	Àngel Vergés i Gifra	_	_
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse	112	English	_	Greece	0
Le Rat de ville et le Rat des champs	112	French	Jean de La Fontaine	France	0

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
De lânmûs en de hûsmûs	112	Netherlands		1972	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
House Mouse the the Country Mouse	112	Norwegian			Internet Archive
Palace Mouse and the Garden Mouse	112	Italian			Internet Archive