Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales
2023: Little Ant Finds a Penny, Buys New Clothes with it, and Sits in her Doorway
Description
Various animals pass by and propose marriage. She asks what they do at night. Each replies with its characteristic sound, but none pleases her but the little quiet mouse, whom she marries. She leaves him to tend the stew, and he falls in and drowns.…
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| Text title | ATU | Language | Author | Origin | Publication Date |
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| La rateta | 2023 | Catalan | Francesc Maspons Labrós | Spain | 1871 |
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