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

785: Who Ate the Lamb's Heart ?

ATU > 750-849: RELIGIOUS TALES > 780-799: The Truth Comes to Light > 785: Who Ate the Lamb's Heart ?

Variants

785A. The Goose with One Leg

Accused of eating the goose's leg, the thief maintains that it had only one leg, and cleverly enforces his point by showing geese standing on one leg. (Usually the master confounds the rascal by frightening the geese so that they use both legs.)…

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
Without Title	785A	Netherlands	1999	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Without Title	785A	Netherlands	1998	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Without Title	785A	Netherlands	1974	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Brother Merry	785	German		Internet Archive

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