Whittington's cat. A cat in a mouse-infested land without cats sold for a fortune — Mythoi

Motif

Whittington's cat. A cat in a mouse-infested land without cats sold for a fortune.

Chance and fate. · Lucky accidents. · Lucky business ventures. · Lucky business venture. · view the constellation · filed as N411.1

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda.
general *Types 1650, 1651
general *BP II 69ff.
general *Fb "kat" II 108, IV 255b, "mus" II 632a
general *Brueyre RTP III 36

Within the index

Filed under Object unknown in a country sold for a fortune.

1 finer motif beneath it

Cat as sole inheritance

Filed beside it

Sickle sold for fortune in land without sickles Fortune from informing foreign king of use of saddle, bridle, and stirrups Salt in saltless land sold for fortune Sandalwood merchant sells his product at high price in land lacking sandalwood

Carried in tale types

Whittington's Cat · ATU 1651 1 recorded variant

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