C111. Baer (p. 116). How the Terrapin was Taught to Fly

This is Chase111.

Types
ATU0225 crane teaches fox to fly
ATU0221A test: who can fly highest?
Motifs
K1041 crane teaches fox to fly
K0025.1 test: who can fly highest?
Notes

Dorson says these are "wellknown Negro stories" and he does have analogues, but he provides not type or motif numbers.

Baer concludes: "Based on the role of Terrapin, it seems to be an American Negro variant of a European tale. It is different enough from 221A that it may be regarded as an indigenous American Negro folktale."