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41: The Wolf Overeats in the Cellar

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 1-99: Wild Animals > 1-69: The Clever Fox (Other Animal) > 41: The Wolf Overeats in the Cellar

Description

The fox persuades the wolf to enter a cellar (smokehouse or kitchen) and steal food. The wolf eats so much that he cannot escape through the hole he has entered by. He is killed. Cf. Types 33*, 33**.

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
The wolf and the fox41EnglishMargaret HuntGermany_
The War Of the Wolf and the Fox41EnglishAndrew LangGermany1892

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
De vos en de wolf 41 Netherlands 1970 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De wolf en de vos 41 Netherlands 1966 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Father of a Hundred Tricks 41 Arab Internet Archive
Fox in Inishkea 41 Irish Internet Archive
Reinaerts historie (Reinaert II) vers 1545-1617 41 Netherlands 1479 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Struggle Between the Wolf and the Fox 41 German Internet Archive
The Wolf and the Fox 41 French Internet Archive
The Wolf and the Fox 41 German Internet Archive
Van den vos Reynaerde (Reinaert I) vers 1508-1605 41 Netherlands 1180 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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