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

233

Missing record

Variants

233A. Birds Escape by Shamming Death

Birds, caught in a fowler's net, follow the advice of an old bird and sham death. After the fowler has thrown them out on the ground, they fly away.

233B. The Birds Fly Off with the Net

Birds, caught in a fawler's net, all work together and fly off with the net. They fly to a mouse (rat) who gnaws the net asunder.

233C. The Swallow and the Hemp-seeds

Swallow in vain urges other birds to eat seeds as fast as it is sowed. Ridiculed, he builds nest among the dwellings of men. Later birds are caught in nets made from the hemp.

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
The Farmer and the Stork233EnglishGeorge Fyler TownsendGreece1867

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Without Title 233C Netherlands 1201 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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