ATU 1737: Trading Places with the Trickster in a Sack


Arene Thompson Uther ATU Title ATU Summary Arne Thompson ▲ Thompson
1737Trading Places with the Trickster in a SackThe youth claims to be the Angel Gabriel [K842]. (Dupe not always a parson; sometimes told of animals.) Cf. Types 1525A, 1535 (IV).




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