This is Chase167.
Types
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Motifs
J2353.1 tortoise borrows feathers from birds to fly; marooned in tree
K1041 trickster borrows feathers from birds; marooned on island
Q0597.2 birds take back feathers from ungrateful wolf
Notes
Harris mentioned "doodang" in his personal diary, 1863, when he was just 15 years old; he was relating a hoax discovery of new species of monkey in Australia
Africa: "The general outline of the story is analogous to those African tales for which Clarke had to create new motif numbers."
West Indies: mule borrows feathers and he gets impaled on picket ... also Annancy borrows blackbird feathers and must give them back
Baer concludes: "The African, West Indian, and Uncle Remus tales have much in common, and there are no records of similar tales having been collected elsewhere. If, at one time, these were related to AT0244 or K1041.1 Flight by putting on bird feathers; dupe falls, they have acquired their own identity since."
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