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

76: The Wolf and the Crane

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 1-99: Wild Animals > 70-99: Other Wild Animals > 76: The Wolf and the Crane

Description

The crane pulls a bone from the wolf's windpipe. When he asks for payment the wolf says, "That you were allowed to take your beak from my throat is payment enough."

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Fisi na Korongo	76	Swahili	B.S. Mang'anda	Kenya	1996
Волк и журавль	76	Russian	Иван Крылов	Russia	0
Λύκος καὶ ἐρωδιός	76	Ancient Greek	Αἴσωπος	Greece	_
Λύκος καὶ ἐρωδιός	76	Ancient Greek	Βαβρίας	Greece	_
*Die wolf ende die crane	76	Middle Dutch	_	Netherlands	1300
Le Loup et la Cigogne	76	French	Jean de La Fontaine	France	0

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Without Title	76	Netherlands		1201	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Reinaerts historie (Reinaert II) vers 5831-5881	76	Netherlands		1479	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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