Crab walks backward: learned from his parents — Mythoi

Motif

Crab walks backward: learned from his parents.

The nature of life. · The nature of life – miscellaneous motifs. · Nature will show itself. · view the constellation · filed as U121.1

Cited in the index

general *Crane Vitry 152 No. 44
general Wienert FFC LVI *63 (ET 258), *103 (ST 159)
general Halm Aesop No. 187.

Within the index

Filed under Like parent, like child.

Filed beside it

Hind, like his mother, flees before the hounds. Useless for her to urge him to stand up against them Farmer's son and noble's reared in country. The former takes to toil on farm, the latter to riding and hunting Alleged son of king proved to be bastard when he displays habits of his true father Father, like son, acts foolishly at king's court Butcher's son becomes cruel and atrocious ruler

Carried in tale types

The Crab Walks Backward: Learned from his Parents · ATU 276 1 recorded variant

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