Wednesday, July 27, 2016

C106. Baer (p. 111). Crazy Sue's Story

This is Chase106.

Types ATU0056 fox through sleigh captures the young magpies
ATU0122D let me catch you better game
ATU0066B sham-dead animal betrays self
Motifs
K0751 capture by feigning death
K0911 feigning death to kill (lure) enemy (victim)
K0553.1 let me catch you better game
K0607.3 sham-dead animal betrays self
Notes
Klipple has 8 analogues, and Arewa has eight more
see also Chase082

Baer: "This tale type is in both European and African oral tradition. In light of its popularity in Africa and the close analogues there, its occurrence in Afro-American tradition can be more reasonably be traced to African than to European sources."


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