Saturday, July 30, 2016

C133. Baer (p. 130). Brother Billy Goat Eats His Dinner

This is Chase133.

Types
Motifs
K1723 goat pretends to be chewing rock; frightens wolf
Notes

Clarke has one references, and lambrecht has two, both with goat and elephant

Flowers has goat frightening Zamba.

Jones has Lion not Wolf.

Baer concludes: "The absence of analogues except those noted in Africa and the West Indies would indicate an African source for this tale."

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