C155. Baer (p. 144). Brother Rabbit's Cradle

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Types ATU 1737 parson in the sack to heaven
Motifs
K0842 parson in the sack to heaven
Notes

Baer does not like this classification because the rabbit is not already in the trap. She calls it "an Afro-American variant of the African and Afro-American tales classified as AT 1737"

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I'm not really interested in arguments about types that are appropriate or not; the more interesting question for me is how this story takes shape. It is very "typical" in terms of the roles and functions for all three characters.