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

1920H: Buying Fire by Story-telling

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1875-1999: Tall Tales > 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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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
If you don't like it, don't listen	1920H	Russian			Internet Archive

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