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

161: Peasant Betrays Fox by Pointing

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 150-199: Wild Animals and Humans > 161: Peasant Betrays Fox by Pointing

Description

The peasant has hidden the fox in a basket, and promised not to tell. When the hunters come, he says, »The fox just went over the hill,« but points to the basket. [K2315].

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Ἀλώπηξ καὶ δρυτόμος	161	Ancient Greek	Αἴσωπος	Greece	_

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Without Title	161	Netherlands		1201	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Bear	161A*	Russian			Internet Archive

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