Ant carries load as heavy as himself. Defeats bear, raven (or other bird). Various explanations. (Cf. A2435.3.3, A2486.1.)

Motif

Ant carries load as heavy as himself. Defeats bear, raven (or other bird). Various explanations. (Cf. A2435.3.3, A2486.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics: result of contest. · view the constellation · filed as A2251.1

Cited in the index

general *Type 280
general *Dh III 144.

Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics from contest in carrying.

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Food of bear. (Cf. A2251.1.) Why raven lays eggs in March. (Cf. A2251.1.)

Carried in tale types

The Ant Carries a Load as Large as Himself · ATU 280 1 recorded variant

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