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

122A: The Wolf – Fox – Seeks Breakfast

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 100-149: Wild Animals and Domestic Animals > 122A: The Wolf – Fox – Seeks Breakfast

Description

The wolf (fox) seeks breakfast. He threatens to eat various animals (the hog, the sheep, the horse, etc.). At their request he waits till the passport has been examined, the children have been baptized, and the like. He loses his feast. Cf. Type 227.

Motives

K551, K551.1, K551.3.4, K551.8, K562.1

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Foolish Wolf	122A	Russian			Internet Archive

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