Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales
160: Grateful Animals ; Ungrateful Man
Description
The rescue from the pit. A traveler saves a monkey, a snake, a tiger, and a jeweler from a pit. The monkey gives him fruit; the tiger a necklace of the princess he has killed. The jeweler accuses the rescuer before the king. The serpent saves him by biting the prince and then showing the man the proper remedy.
Motives
W154.8,
K735,
B522.1,
B522.2,
B512Variants
160A. The travelers and the animals in the wolf's hole
The violinist falls into the wolf's hole together with the bear and the wolf. He plays to them and in the morning he helps the bear to get out; the bear then saves him, leaving the wolf who had hindered the violinist from getting out. Cf. Latvian *l56C. Cf. Type 168.
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| Text title | ATU | Language | Author | Origin | Publication Date |
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| The Ungrateful Man | 160 | English | W. H. Barker & Cecilia Sinclair | Ghana | 1917 |
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