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

275: The Race of the Fox and the Crayfish

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 220-299: Other Animals and Objects > 275: The Race of the Fox and the Crayfish

Description

The latter hangs on to the fox's tail and wins. Cf. Types 250, 1074. (The Keen Sight of the Dove and the Keen Hearing of the Frog. See Type 238.)

Variants

275A. Hare and Tortoise Race: Sleeping Hare

In a race between the fast and the slow animal, the fast animal sleeps on the road and allows the slow animal to pass him.

275C. Der Wettlauf des Frosches und der Schnecke

Die Schnecke gewinnt, indem sie über das geschlossene Stadttor kriecht.

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
Χελώνη καὶ λαγωός275AAncient GreekΑἴσωποςGreece_
Tale Of a Tortoise and Of a Mischievous Monkey275AEnglishAndrew LangBrazil1904
દોડવીર કાચબો275AGujarati___
King Chameleon and the Animals275BEnglishW. H. Barker & Cecilia SinclairGhana1917
An Unequal Match; Or, Why the Carabao’s Hoof is Split275EnglishDean S. Fansler_1921

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Cat and the Crab 275 Japanesse Internet Archive
De haas en de egel 275C Netherlands 2000 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De haas en de schildpad 275A Netherlands 2000 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De wynhoun en de hazze 275C Netherlands 1951 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Fox and the lobster 275 Russian Internet Archive
Hare and the Prickly-backed Urchin 275C British Internet Archive
Hedgehog and the Hare 275C German Internet Archive
How the Hedgehog ran the Devil to Death 275C British Internet Archive
Rabbit and Hedgehog 275C African-American Internet Archive
Race between Toad and Donkey 275C African-American Internet Archive
Wedden dat... 275A Netherlands 1990 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Whale and the Sea Slug 275 Japanesse Internet Archive

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