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

159: Captured wild animals ransom themselves

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 150-199: Wild Animals and Humans > 159: Captured wild animals ransom themselves

Description

Bring horses, cows, etc. to the man.

See also: 130

Motives

B278

Variants

159A. Animals Warm Selves at Charcoal Burner's Fire

Sent after food for dinner, each brings back booty, but charcoal burner tricks them and kills them. Cf. Type 130D*.

159B. Enmity of lion and man

Lion allows man to strike him behind the head with an axe. After a year: The wound is healed but not the ache. Devours man.

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External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
La enemistad entre el león y el hombre 159B Argelia Óscar Abenójar 2013 Corpus de Literatura Oral
OldWoodcutter and the Lion 159B Greek Internet Archive
The Charcoal Burner 159A French Internet Archive

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