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

153: The Gelding of the Bear and the Fetching of Salve

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 150-199: Wild Animals and Humans > 153: The Gelding of the Bear and the Fetching of Salve

Description

The man tells the bear that the horse is strong because he is gelded. The bear has the man geld him to make him strong. He is to geld the man the next day. The man substitutes his wife and sends her with salve; the bear in disgust throws the salve into the tree. Cf. Type 1133.

Motives

K1012.1, K241

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