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

1562A: The Master Who Gave Strange Names to Things in His House

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1525-1724: Stories about a Man > 1525-1639: The Clever Man > 1562A: The Master Who Gave Strange Names to Things in His House

Description

The master has taught the servant to give peculiar names to everything. When the cat sets the barn afire the servant uses those extraordinary names and is so delayed that the fire is out of control. [J1269.12]. Cf. Type 1940.

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External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Barn is Burning 1562A African-American Internet Archive
Clever Apprentice 1562A British Internet Archive
Don Nippery Septo 1562A British Internet Archive
Easy Decree 1562A British Internet Archive
Master and Servant 1562A British Internet Archive
Master of all Masters 1562A British Internet Archive
Master of all Masters 1562A English Internet Archive
Pedro de Urdemalas and the House with Strange Names 1562A Mexican Internet Archive
Seppe, de domme knecht 1562A Netherlands 1970 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Tom Ten per Cent 1562A British Internet Archive

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