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

2031: Stronger and Strongest

ATU > 2000-2399: FORMULA TALES > 2000-2100: Cumulative Tales > 2031: Stronger and Strongest

Description

The frost-bitten foot. Mouse perforates wall, wall resists wind, wind dissolves cloud, cloud covers sun, sun thaws frost, frost breaks foot. [Z42].

Variants

2031B. Abraham Learns to Worship God

At nightfall Abraham worships a star, then the moon, then the sun, and finally gives up idolatry. [Z42.2].

2031B. Abraham Learns to Worship God

At nightfall Abraham worships a star, then the moon, then the sun, and finally gives up idolatry. [Z42.2].

2031C. The Mouse Who Was to Marry the Sun

2031C. The Mouse Who Was to Marry the Sun

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External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
De Japanse steenhouwer 2031 Netherlands 2005 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De Japanse steenhouwer 2031 Netherlands 2005 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Husband of Rat's Daughter 2031C African Internet Archive
Little Ant 2031 Mexican Internet Archive
Mole's Bridegroom 2031C Japanesse Internet Archive
The Thrush 2031 Chilean Internet Archive

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