Cat as sole inheritance.
Chance and fate. · Lucky accidents. · Lucky business ventures. · Lucky business venture. · view the constellation · filed as N411.1.1
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Missouri French Carrière
- Italian Basile Pentamerone II No. 4.
- general *Types 1650, 1651, 545AB
- general *BP I 325, II 69ff., III 487
Within the index
Filed under Whittington's cat. A cat in a mouse-infested land without cats sold for a fortune.
Carried in tale types
- The Cat Castle · ATU 545A 5 recorded variants
- The Three Lucky Brothers · ATU 1650 1 recorded variant
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