Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales
223: The Bird and the Jackal
Description
I. The jackal asks the bird to obtain food. The bird flies near men carrying baskets of food. They drop them to pursue bird and jackal eats food. See Type 1*.
II. The jackal asks the bird to make him laugh. The bird alights on the men's heads so that they strike one another. III. The jackal asks the bird to make him cry. The bird leads men or dogs to his hiding place. IV. The jackal asks the bird to save its life. The bird entices the jackal into power of the crocodile, then strikes crocodile so that jackal escapes.
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Text title | ATU | Language | Author | Origin | Publication Date |
De fokse en de roek | 223 | Western Frisian | Ype Poortinga | Netherlands | 1979 |
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