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

1159: The Ogre Wants to Learn to Play

ATU > 1000-1199: TALES OF THE STUPID OGRE (GIANT, DEVIL) > 1155-1169: Man Outwits the Devil > 1159: The Ogre Wants to Learn to Play

Description

Finger caught in a cleft of a tree. [K1111.0.1]. Later he is terrified by the man's wife with her legs apart. He thinks he is to be caught again [K1755]. Cf. Type 151, 326, 1095.

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Vom klugen Schneiderlein	850,1061,1159	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
The Marvellous Musician	1159	English	Andrew Lang	Germany	1890

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Devil Caught	1159	United States			Internet Archive
The Clever Little Tailor	1159	German			Internet Archive

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