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

729: The Axe Falls into the Stream

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 700-749: Other Tales of the Supernatural > 729: The Axe Falls into the Stream

Description

The water-spirit exhibits a golden axe, but the honest man admits that it does not belong to him [Q3.1]. Another man deliberately throws his axe into the water and claims the golden one as his. He gets neither.

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Ξυλευόμενος καὶ Ἑρμῆς	729	Ancient Greek	Αἴσωπος	Greece	_

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Without Title	729	Netherlands		1973	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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