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

20: Animals Eat One Another Up

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 1-99: Wild Animals > 1-69: The Clever Fox (Other Animal) > 20: Animals Eat One Another Up

Description

The fox persuades them to begin with the smallest.

See also: 231*

Variants

20A. The Animals are Caught in a Pit

To eat one another up.

20B. An Old Man is Caught in a Trap and Dies

The animals carry his body home, eat him up, and have nothing left to eat.

20C. The End of the World

A duck sees a man pee and things the world is on fire. He flees and tells others of the bad disaster.

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
Høna som skulle til Dovre forat ikke allverden skulle forgå20CNorwegianAsbjørnsen & MoeNorway1841
Звери в яме20ARussianАлександр АфанасьевRussia1855
Лиса-исповедница20DRussianАлександр АфанасьевRussia1855
The Six Hungry Beasts20AEnglishAndrew LangFinland1903

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Beasts in a Pit 20A Russian Internet Archive
Chick-Licken 20C British Internet Archive
Cickie Birdie 20C British Internet Archive
Fox Confessor 20D* Russian Internet Archive
Fox Confessor 20D* Russian Internet Archive
Hen and her Fellow-travellers 20C British Internet Archive
Henny Penny 20C British Internet Archive
Lion in the Well 20A African-American Internet Archive
Nun Vixen 20D* Greek Internet Archive
The Cock and Hen that went to the Dovrefell 20C Norse Internet Archive
The Cock and Hen that went to the Dovrefell 20C Norse Internet Archive

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