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

1049: The heavy axe

ATU > 1000-1199: TALES OF THE STUPID OGRE (GIANT, DEVIL) > 1030-1059: Partnership between Man and Ogre > 1049: The heavy axe

Description

The boastful trickster told to cut wood with an axe or get water in a bucket demands one large enough to bring in the whole well (cut the whole forest). The ogre is frightened. [K1741.1, K1741.3].

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
De reus en de kleermaker	1049	Dutch	M.M. de Vries-Vogel	Germany	1940
Der Riese und der Schneider	1049	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
Gã khổng lồ và người thợ may	1049	Vietnamese	_	Germany	_
Kæmpen og skrædderen	1049	Danish	_	Germany	_
El gigante y el sastre	1049	Spanish	_	Germany	_
The giant and the tailor	1049	English	Margaret Hunt	Germany	_

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Baldchin and the Drakos	1049	Greek			Internet Archive
Giant and the Tailor	1049	German			Internet Archive
Gypsy and the Bear	1049	US US West Virginia			Internet Archive