Creation of monkeys: old woman thrown into fire. In unsuccessful imitation of Christ, the smith throws an old woman into the fire. She becomes a monkey. (Cf. A1710.)

Motif

Creation of monkeys: old woman thrown into fire. In unsuccessful imitation of Christ, the smith throws an old woman into the fire. She becomes a monkey. (Cf. A1710.)

Mythological motifs. · Creation of animal life. · Creation of mammals. Note: A1800–A1899 is based upon the following classification of mammals: A1810–A1819. Felidae. A1820–A1829. Mustelidae. A1830–A1839. Canidae and other carnivora. A1840–A1859. Rodentia. A1860–A1869. Primata. A1870–A1889. Ungulata. A1890–A1899. Other mammals. Since whales are thought of as fish in folk-literature they have been catalogued under that heading rather than under mammals, where they strictly belong. · Creation of primata. · view the constellation · filed as A1861.2

Filed across the traditions

Esthonian Aarne FFC XXV 146 No. 46
Flemish DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 86 No. 68
German Grimm No. 147. – Cf. Type 753. → on our shelf: Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 147
general Dh II 168. – Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 13 No. 68

Within the index

Filed under Creation of monkey.

Filed beside it

Monkeys from children hidden by Eve when God visited her. (Cf. A1650.1, A1710.) Creation of monkey: lazy man

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Creation of animals through transformation. (Cf. A1811.1, A1833.2, A1861.1, A1861.2, A1863, A1887)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Tabu: imitating god

Carried in tale types

Christ and the Smith · ATU 753 2 recorded variants

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