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

2023: Little Ant Finds a Penny, Buys New Clothes with it, and Sits in her Doorway

ATU > 2000-2399: FORMULA TALES > 2000-2100: Cumulative Tales > 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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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Source
Little Cockroach Martina	2023	Cuban	Internet Archive
Perez the Mouse	2023	Mexican	Internet Archive
Perez the Mouse	2023	Mexican	Internet Archive
Sister Cat	2023	Italian	Internet Archive

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