Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales
2039: The Horseshoe Nail
Description
For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for the want of a horse the rider was lost ... and all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
Motives
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Text title | ATU | Language | Author | Origin | Publication Date |
De hoefnagel | 2039 | Dutch | M.M. de Vries-Vogel | Germany | 1940 |
Der Nagel | 2039 | German | Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm | Germany | 1812 |
Il chiodo | 2039 | Italian | _ | Germany | _ |
Cái Đinh | 2039 | Vietnamese | _ | Germany | _ |
Sømmet | 2039 | Danish | _ | Germany | _ |
El clavo | 2039 | Spanish | _ | Germany | _ |
The nail | 2039 | English | Margaret Hunt | Germany | _ |
Gwóźdź | 2039 | Polish | _ | Germany | _ |
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