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

1579: Carrying Wolf, Goat, and Cabbage across Stream

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1525-1724: Stories about a Man > 1525-1639: The Clever Man > 1579: Carrying Wolf, Goat, and Cabbage across Stream

Description

A man is to set across a stream, in a boat that will hold himself and only one other object, a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage. He must do this so that the wolf doesn't eat the goat, nor the goat the cabbage. Two solutions: (1) (a) take goat over, (b)…

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
Without Title	1579	Netherlands	1974	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Without Title	1579	Netherlands	1973	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Without Title	1579	Netherlands	2007	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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