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

1676

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Variants

1676A. "Big 'Fraid and Little 'Fraid."

A man decides to frighten another (or his son or servant). He dresses in a sheet; his pet monkey puts on a sheet and follows him. The person who is doing the scaring hears his intended victim say, »Run Big 'Fraid, run; Little 'Fraid'll get you.»…

1676B. Clothing Caught in Graveyard

Man thinks that something terrifying is holding him and dies of fright. [J2625, N384.2; cf. N384 and its subdivisions].

1676C. Voices from Graveyard

People mistake them for ghosts and flee in terror. Cf. Type 1532.

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
De geschiedenis van Sipke en Liesbet	1676B	Netherlands	1980	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De moedige dienstmeid van Oostermeer	1676B	Netherlands	1971	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De moedige dienstmeid van Oostermeer	1676B	Netherlands	1896	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Girl Who Died of Fright	1676B	United States		Internet Archive
Math de dappere	1676C	Netherlands	1967	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Op ut kerkhof	1676B	Netherlands	1973	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Rider in the Brambles	1676B	Mexican		Internet Archive
Stake in the Graveyard	1676B	Mexican		Internet Archive

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