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

1539: Cleverness and gullibility

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1525-1724: Stories about a Man > 1525-1639: The Clever Man > 1539: Cleverness and gullibility

Description

The youth sells pseudo-magic objects and animals. The wolf is sold as a goat [K132]. The rabbit as letter carrier [K131.1]; the hat that »pays everything» [K111.2]; the wand that revives the dead [K113.4]. The teaching of languages or the…

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
The Story Of a Very Bad Boy1539EnglishAndrew LangFrance1910
The Cunning Shoemaker1539EnglishAndrew LangItaly1897
The Biter Bit1539EnglishAndrew Lang_1892
La storia di Campriano1539ItalianItalo CalvinoItaly1956

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Clever Old Man 1539 Indian Internet Archive
Irishman's Hat 1539 English Internet Archive
Peasant Sells a Cow as a Goat 1539 German Internet Archive
Pedro de Urdemalas and the Gringo 1539 Mexican Internet Archive
Pedro de Urdemalas and the Gringo 1539 Mexican Internet Archive
Pedro Urdimale Cheats Two Horsemen 1539 Chilean Internet Archive
Schemer and the Flute 1539 US West Virginia Internet Archive
Si'Djeha Cheats the Robbers 1539 Arab Internet Archive
Story of Campriano 1539 Italian Internet Archive
The Wise Men of Gotham 1539 English Internet Archive
Van den hoed die betaalt. 1539 Netherlands 1903 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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