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TMI Z49.13. Chain of killings
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Z49.13. Chain of killings: bulbul destroys flower and is killed by cat; cat shaken by dog; dog killed by boy; boy sentenced to death by king.
India: Thompson-Balys. KASHMIR Jammu: Brown Tawi MS. No. 10 (in University of Indiana Library)
TMI Z49.10 Lizard eats cricket;
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Z49.10 Lizard eats cricket; frog eats lizard, snake eats frog, eagles eats snake, man shoots eagle; animals escape except lizard. Man takes eagle home.
Baughman TEXAS Dobie PTFS 6:48 1927 [not online?]
TMI Z49.8 Biting a grain in half.
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Z49.8 Biting a grain in half. Final formula: forester attacks bear, the bear the wolf, the wolf the dog, the dog the cat, the cat the mouse, the mouse the grain - the grain is bitten in two. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 2006
TMI Z49.5.2. The wolf who wanted to make bread.
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Z49.5.2. The wolf who wanted to make bread. The farmer explained to him how bread is made. He keeps on asking: Shall I then be able to eat. Decides he does not have enough patience to make bread. (Cf. K444.1.2) Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 164.
TMI Z49.5.1. Where is that grain?
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Z49.5.1. Where is that grain? The cock snatched it. Where is that cock? He drowned in the sea. There is that sea? It is grown over with reeds. Where are those reeds? The maids have cut them down, etc. Lithuanian: Balys Index 2018
TMI Z49.2 Cumulative pursuit.
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Z49.2 [Taylor 2038] Cumulative pursuit. Boys get help. One of them injures the helper. Pursued. Hidden by kind hen. One injures the hen. Hen pursues, etc.
Jamaican: Beckwith [online at Sacred Texts]
TMI Z49.1 I killed my grandmother
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Z49.1 [Taylor 2037] I killed my grandmother because she refused to cook a hare. I killed a priest because he said my crime was bad. A friar absolved me to avoid being killed.
Spanish: Boggs 2026. ECPE No. 62 (online at Hathi; Spanish only)
TMI Z43.6 Man invites animals to come and work in his field.
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Z43.6 Man invites animals to come and work in his field. Rooster kills beetle; cat kills rooster; dog kills cat; leopard kills dog; hyena kills elephant so that both fal linto trap. Man calls wives to see meat he has killed.
Africa Wute: Sieber 60 ff. [published in 1932; not online]
TMI Z39.1.1. The goat who would not leave the hazel bush.
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Z39.1.1. The goat who would not leave the hazel bush. Final formula: The devil goes to strange the Jew, the Jew to kill the ox, the ox to drink the water, the water to quench the fire, the fire to burn the stone, the stone to blunt the axe, the axe to cut the rope, the rope to tie the hunter, the hunter to shoot the goat - the goat leaves the hazel bush, the wee goat leaves the hazel bush.
Lithuanian: Balys Index 2030.
TMI Z33.4.2. The singing wolf.
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Z33.4.2. The singing wolf. By his singing the wolf compels the old man to surrender his cattle, his children and grandchildren, and finally his wife. The old woman goes in the wolf's service. She returns home bringing butter, etc.
additional information:
Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 162
Russian: Andrejev No. 162.. Волк No 49 [179] Жил старик со старухой; у них было пять овец, шестой жеребец, седьмая телка. Пришел к ним волк и стал петь песню:
Жил жилец,
На кустике дворец;
У него пять овец,
Шестой жеребец,
Седьмая телка.
Старуха и говорит старику: "Ох, какая песня-то славная! Старик, дай ему овечку". Старик дал ему, волк съел и опять пришел с этой же песнию, и ходил с нею до тех пор, пока не поел овец, жеребца, телку и старуху. Остался один старик; волк пришел и к нему с этой песнию. Старик взял кочергу и ну ею возить[180] волка. Волк убежал и с тех пор к старику ни ногой; а старик остался, горемычный, один горе мыкать.
На кустике дворец;
У него пять овец,
Шестой жеребец,
Седьмая телка.
Старуха и говорит старику: "Ох, какая песня-то славная! Старик, дай ему овечку". Старик дал ему, волк съел и опять пришел с этой же песнию, и ходил с нею до тех пор, пока не поел овец, жеребца, телку и старуху. Остался один старик; волк пришел и к нему с этой песнию. Старик взял кочергу и ну ею возить[180] волка. Волк убежал и с тех пор к старику ни ногой; а старик остался, горемычный, один горе мыкать.
TMI Z39.6 Mother ties bell on child; cat cuts it off.
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Z39.6 Mother ties bell on child; cat cuts it off. Why did you cut off the bell? Why did you lay the block here, etc.
Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges.
TMI Z39.4.2. Sparrow, where are you going?
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Z39.4.2. Sparrow, where are you going? To eat seed. The owner will scold you. I'll sit on a pine tree, etc.
Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges.
TMI Z39.4.1 Titmouse, what are you eating?
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Z39.4.1 Titmouse, what are you eating? A large turnip - etc.
Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges.
TMI Z31.2. Louse and flea wish to marry.
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Z31. Chains involving a wedding
Z31.2. Louse and flea wish to marry. Mosquito, toad, ant, etc. volunteer to supply the wedding feast. -
Spanish: Boggs No. *2020. LRAC 182 [not online]
TMI Z21.1.1. Wages: successive harvests
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Z21.1.1. Wages: successive harvests from one grain of rice. Master has no fields left. Chinese: Graham. (not online)
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