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

66

Missing record

Variants

66A. Hello, House!

The Cave Call. Monkey (jackal) pretends that his house always answers him: thus discovers his enemy.

66B. Sham-dead (Hidden) Animal Betrays Self

I. The jackal says that dead animals wiggle their tails, etc. The crocodile moves his tail.

II. The crocodile in hiding hears a bell the jackal has found. Thinking it a goat, the crocodile cries out for the goat to go away.

III. Crocodile hiding in piles of leaves makes them rustle when jackal says leaves always rustle.

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Anansi Plays Dead	66B	African-American			Internet Archive
Rabbit and the Coyote	66A	Mexican			Internet Archive

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