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

76: The Wolf and the Crane

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 1-99: Wild Animals > 70-99: Other Wild Animals > 76: The Wolf and the Crane

Description

The crane pulls a bone from the wolf's windpipe. When he asks for payment the wolf says, "That you were allowed to take your beak from my throat is payment enough."

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
The Wolf and the Crane	76	English	George Fyler Townsend	Greece	1867

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Without Title	76	Netherlands		1201	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Reinaerts historie (Reinaert II) vers 5831-5881	76	Netherlands		1479	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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