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

170: The fox eats his fellow-lodger

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 150-199: Wild Animals and Humans > 170: The fox eats his fellow-lodger

Description

The fox spends the night with a cock in a house. He eats the cock but in the morning he accuses the sheep of having eaten it. In the next inn likewise the ox has eaten the sheep, etc. In compensation he demands a larger animal each time. .…

Motives

K443.7

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External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Without Title 170 Netherlands 2008 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De spin, die een half dorp wist te krijgen 170 Netherlands 1904 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Een half dorp voor twee kippen 170 Netherlands 1990 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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