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

1737: Trading Places with the Trickster in a Sack

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1725-1849: Jokes about Clergymen and Religious Figures > 1725-1774: The Clergyman is Tricked > 1737: Trading Places with the Trickster in a Sack

Description

The youth claims to be the Angel Gabriel [K842]. (Dupe not always a parson; sometimes told of animals.) Cf. Types 1525A, 1535 (IV).

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
Der Meisterdieb1525A,1740,1737GermanJacob & Wilhelm GrimmGermany1812
Die Rübe1737GermanJacob & Wilhelm GrimmGermany1812

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Canny Jack 1737 British Internet Archive
Incorrigible Youth 1737 British Internet Archive
Roclore 1737 United States Internet Archive

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