The constellation
K2137 The priest's guest and the eaten chickens. The servant who has eaten the chickens tells the guest to flee because the priest is going to cut off his ears, and he tells the priest that the guest has stolen two chickens The priest runs after him
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filed under
- Trouble-makers · K2130 entry
cross-ref
- Strenuous cure for madness. Doctor throws patients into a pit of water. Servant warns queer-looking hunter to flee before master throws him into the pit. (Cf. K2137.) · J1434 entry
- Wife prepares the pestle. Tells guests husband uses it against guests. They flee. Tells husband they left because she refused to give them pestle. Husband pursues to give them the pestle, but they run the faster. (Cf. K2137.) · J1563.5.1 entry
carried in tale type
- The Priest's Guest and the Eaten Chickens · ATU 1741