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

212: The Lying Goat

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 200-219: Domestic Animals > 212: The Lying Goat

Description

A father sends his sons one after the other to pasture the goat. The goat always declares he has had nothing to eat. The father angrily sends his sons from home and learns, when he himself tries to pasture the goat, that he has been deceived. Cf.…

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
Goat That Lost Half His Skin	212	Hungarian		Internet Archive
Skinned Goat	212	German		Internet Archive
Tafeltje dekje (Het stoute schaap)	212	Netherlands	2000	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
The Goat Who Lied	212	French		Internet Archive

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