Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson Z43 — The cock's whiskers

Z43
Thompson motif reference
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
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Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

The cock's whiskers. A mouse throws a nut down and hits the cock on the head. He also steals the cock's whiskers. The cock goes to get an old woman to cure him. The final formula is: Fountain give up water for forest, forest give up wood for baker, baker give up bread for dog, dog give up hairs to cure the cock. (Variant: mouse loses tail.) *Taylor JAFL XLVI 85 No. 2032; *BP II 107; Norlind Svenska Allmogens Liv (Stockholm, 1925) 613 "Tupen och hänen"; Haavio FFC LXXXVIII 89 n. 1; RTP XV 220.—Russian: Andrejev No. 241 I; N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Cushing 411.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

These links are derived from the Thompson motif references stored in the Folklore Database's ATU concordance.

ATUTitle
ATU  2032
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