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

231: The Heron (Crane) Transports the Fish

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 220-299: Other Animals and Objects > 231: The Heron (Crane) Transports the Fish

Description

A heron (crane) tells the fish in a lake that is drying up that it will transport them one by one to another lake, but eats them instead. A crab sees through the deception, seizes the heron by the throat and kills it.

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
The Cruel Crane Outwitted	231	Indian			Internet Archive

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