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

59: Fox and the Sour Grapes

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Description

Pretends that the grapes he cannot reach are sour.

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
Лисица и виноград59RussianИван КрыловRussia0
მელა და ყურძენი59Georgianაკაკი წერეთლისაRussia_
La Zorra y las Uvas 59SpanishFélix María SamaniegoSpain_
Ἀλώπηξ καὶ βότρυς59Ancient GreekΑἴσωποςGreece_
*I vos ende i besie59Middle Dutch_Netherlands1300
The Fox and the Grapes59EnglishC. SmartItaly1887
The Fox and the Grapes59EnglishGeorge Fyler TownsendGreece1867
Tülkü və Üzüm59AzerbaijaniAbdulla ŞaiqRussia_
Haxeria eta mahaxak59BasqueJean Baptiste ArxuFrance1848
Lis i winogrona59PolishWładysław NoskowskiFrance_
Con cáo và chùm nho59Vietnamese_Vietnam_
Su matzone ei sa ua59SardinianSalvatore PatatuItaly2000
La vulp e las ivas59Raeto-Romance_Greece_
De vos en de druiven59Dutch_Greece_
Con cáo và chùm nho59Vietnamese_Russia_
La guineu i el raïm59Catalan_Greece_
A vurpi e a rashina59Sicilian_Greece_
Der Fuchs und die Trauben59German_Greece_
ԱՂՎԵՍՆ ՈՒ ԽԱՂՈՂԸ59Armenian_Greece_
Лисица и виноград59RussianЛ.Н. ТолстойRussia_
Yn Shynnagh as ny Berrishyn-Feeyney59ManxEdward FaragherGreece1901
Le Renard et raisins. 59French_Italy_
Le Renard et les Raisins59FrenchJean de La FontaineFrance0
De Vulpe et Uva59LatinPhaedrusItaly41

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Without Title 59 Netherlands 1201 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Signifying Monkey 59 African-American Internet Archive

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