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

280A: The Ants and the Grasshopper

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 220-299: Other Animals and Objects > 280A: The Ants and the Grasshopper

Description

A grasshopper has been playing all summer and begs the ant for food when winter comes.

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Vande Mier ende Krekel	280A	Dutch	Joost van den Vondel	Netherlands	0
De krekel en de mier	280A	Dutch	_	France	_
Die Ameise und die Grille	280A	German	_	Greece	_
Die Grille und die Ameise	280A	German	_	France	_
La cicala e la formica	280A	Italian	_	France	_
Y morgrugyn a'r ceiliog rhedyn	280A	Welsh	Gan Glan Alun	Greece	1887
Стрекоза и муравей	280A	Russian	Иван Крылов	Russia	1808
A formiga e a cigarra	280A	Portuguese	Diogo Bernardes	Portugal	0
A cigarra e a formiga	280A	Portuguese	Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage	France	_
ჭრიჭინა და ჭიანჭველა	280A	Georgian	აკაკი წერეთლისა	Russia	_
La Cigarra y la Hormiga	280A	Spanish	Félix María Samaniego	Spain	_
La cigarra y la hormiga	280A	Spanish	_	France	_
Τέττιξ καὶ μύρμηκες	280A	Ancient Greek	Αἴσωπος	Greece	_
Τέττιξ καὶ μύρμηκες	280A	Ancient Greek	Βαβρίας	Greece	_
Μύρμηξ καὶ τέττιξ	280A	Ancient Greek	Syntipas	Greece	_
Щурец и мравии	280A	Bulgarian	Петко Славейков	Bulgaria	1852
The Cicada and the Ant	280A	English	Norman B. Spector	France	1988
The ant and the Grasshopper	280A	English	John Davies	Greece	_
Dragonfly and the Ant	280A	English	_	Russia	_
The Ants and the Grasshopper	280A	English	George Fyler Townsend	Greece	1867
The Grasshopper and the Ant	280A	English	Robert Thomson	France	_
Konik polny i mrówka	280A	Polish	Władysław Noskowski	France	_
Sa chigula ei sa frommigula	280A	Sardinian	Salvatore Patatu	France	2000
Ẓdeč d tweṭṭuft	280A	Tamazight	Lounès Amziane	France	_
Gjinkalla dhe Milingona	280A	Albanian	_	France	_
A shicala e i furmiculi	280A	Sicilian	_	Greece	_
Ağustos Böceği İle Karınca	280A	Turkish	_	France	_
O mravenci a o kobylce	280A	Czech	Václav Hollar	Greece	1665
Kobylke a mravcoch	280A	Slovak	_	Greece	_
Te perete'i e te rô	280A	Tahitian	_	France	_
La libellule et la fourmi	280A	French	Guy Laffaille	Russia	_
La Cigale et la Fourmi	280A	French	Jean de La Fontaine	France	1668
La Cigala i la Formiga	280A	Catalan	Xavier Benguerel	France	_
הצרצר והנמלה	280A	Hebrew	_	Russia	_
A tücsök meg a hangya	280A	Hungarian	Dezső Kosztolányi	France	_

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Bum Bee	280A	British			Internet Archive

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