Plant grows to sky. (Jack and the Beanstalk).
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Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Lithuanian Balys Index No. *1416A
- Chinese Graham
- Philippine Fansler MAFLS XII 286
- Jamaica *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 283 No. 114.
- general *Types 328A, 555, 852
- general BP I 147, *II 511
- general *MacCulloch Childhood 432ff.
- general Köhler-Bolte I 102
- general *Fb "træ" III 867b
- general Fischer Zs. f. Ethnographie LXIV 236. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s. v. "fève"
- general England, U.S., Australia: Baughman (Type 328A)
Carried in tale types
- Lying Contest (previously The Hero Forces the Princess to Say, 'That is a Lie') · ATU 852 2 recorded variants
- Jack and the Beanstalk · ATU 328A 1 recorded variant
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