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
The giant and the tailor	1049	English	Margaret Hunt	Germany	_

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	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

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