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

1290: Swimming in the Flax-field

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1200-1349: Stories about a Fool > 1290: Swimming in the Flax-field

Description

Peasants go to visit the sea. They see a waving flax field, and thinking it is the sea, jump in for a swim. [J1821].

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
De hanebalk1290DutchM.M. de Vries-VogelGermany1940
Der Hahnenbalken1290GermanJacob & Wilhelm GrimmGermany1812
La trave del gallo1290Italian_Germany_
Gà trống nhấc bổng chiếc xà nhà1290Vietnamese_Germany_
Hanebjælken1290Danish_Germany_
La viga1290Spanish_Germany_
The beam1290English_Germany_

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