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

72: The Rabbit Rides Fox A-Courting

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 1-99: Wild Animals > 70-99: Other Wild Animals > 72: The Rabbit Rides Fox A-Courting

Description

The fox is the favorite suitor of the girl the rabbit wants. The rabbit tells the girl that the fox is his horse. She refuses to believe him. She agrees to marry if he will ride to her house. He persuades fox to carry him—usually by feigning lameness—and wins the girl. (Sometimes told of human beings.) Cf. Type 4.

Motives

K1241, K1241.1

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
Anansi berijdt Tijger	72	Netherlands	1990	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Hoe Anansi op tijger reed	72	Netherlands	1984	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Frog Make Mr. Fox and Mr. Bear their Riding Horses	72	African-American		Internet Archive
Riding-Horse	72	African-American		Internet Archive
Tiger Becomes a Riding Horse	72	African-American		Internet Archive
Two Women or Twelve Men	72*	Irish		Internet Archive

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