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
The Fox and the Woodcutter	161	English	George Fyler Townsend	Greece	1867

External Examples

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

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