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

275: The Race of the Fox and the Crayfish

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 220-299: Other Animals and Objects > 275: The Race of the Fox and the Crayfish

The latter hangs on to the fox's tail and wins. Cf. Types 250, 1074. (The Keen Sight of the Dove and the Keen Hearing of the Frog. See Type 238.)

In a race between the fast and the slow animal, the fast animal sleeps on the road and allows the slow animal to pass him.

Die Schnecke gewinnt, indem sie über das geschlossene Stadttor kriecht.

Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
The Turtoise and the Hare	275A	English	Laura Gibbs	Greece	_
Tale Of a Tortoise and Of a Mischievous Monkey	275A	English	Andrew Lang	Brazil	1904
King Chameleon and the Animals	275B	English	W. H. Barker & Cecilia Sinclair	Ghana	1917
An Unequal Match; Or, Why the Carabao’s Hoof is Split	275	English	Dean S. Fansler	_	1921

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
Cat and the Crab	275	Japanesse		Internet Archive
De haas en de egel	275C	Netherlands	2000	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De haas en de schildpad	275A	Netherlands	2000	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De wynhoun en de hazze	275C	Netherlands	1951	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Fox and the lobster	275	Russian		Internet Archive
Hare and the Prickly-backed Urchin	275C	British		Internet Archive
Hedgehog and the Hare	275C	German		Internet Archive
How the Hedgehog ran the Devil to Death	275C	British		Internet Archive
Rabbit and Hedgehog	275C	African-American		Internet Archive
Race between Toad and Donkey	275C	African-American		Internet Archive
Wedden dat...	275A	Netherlands	1990	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Whale and the Sea Slug	275	Japanesse		Internet Archive