Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales
1920H: Buying Fire by Story-telling
Description
Three Brothers go to an old man's camp for fire. The old man agrees to give them fire for a story. Two brothers cannot tell stories; the third does on the condition that the old man will not interrupt him. He tells tall tales; finally the old man…
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| Text title | ATU | Language | Author | Origin | Publication Date |
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| Не любо — не слушай | 1920H | Russian | Александр Афанасьев | Russia | 1855 |
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