Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales
1281: Burning the Barn to Destroy an Unknown Animal
Description
The cat (owl) is bought. Eats many mice. To kill it they set the house on fire. [J2101]. Cf. Type 1651. Variants
1281A. Getting Rid of the Man-eating Calf
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Text title | ATU | Language | Author | Origin | Publication Date |
De uil | 1281 | Dutch | M.M. de Vries-Vogel | Germany | 1940 |
Die Eule | 1281 | German | Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm | Germany | 1812 |
Con cú | 1281 | Vietnamese | _ | Germany | _ |
Uglen | 1281 | Danish | _ | Germany | _ |
El búho | 1281 | Spanish | _ | Germany | _ |
The owl | 1281 | English | Margaret Hunt | Germany | 1884 |
Sowa | 1281 | Polish | _ | Germany | _ |
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