Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales
221: The Election of Bird-King
Description
Wren wins by cleverness.    
Variants
221A. Test : Who Can Fly Highest ?
Wren hides in eagle's wings. 
    
221B. Test: who can Go Deepest in Earth?
Wren goes into mouse-hole. To be starved out.     
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				| Text title | ATU | Language | Author | Origin | Publication Date | 
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				| Der Zaunkönig | 221 | German | Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm | Germany | 1812 | 
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