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

2041: The Bird Indifferent to Pain

ATU > 2000-2399: FORMULA TALES > 2000-2100: Cumulative Tales > 2041: The Bird Indifferent to Pain

Description

A man catches a mango-bird eating mangoes and strikes it against the roots of a mango-tree. The bird cannot be made to say it suffers from the blow. In turn, he puts it in water, strikes it on the ground, a stile, a door-frame, singes its feathers,…

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