The death of the cock. (Der Tod des Hühnchens.) The cock chokes and the hen seeks aid of objects and persons (stream, tree, pig, miller, baker, etc.)

Motif

The death of the cock. (Der Tod des Hühnchens.) The cock chokes and the hen seeks aid of objects and persons (stream, tree, pig, miller, baker, etc.).

Miscellaneous groups of motifs. · Formulas. · Cumulative tales. · Chains involving a single scene or event without interdependence among the individual actors. · view the constellation · filed as Z32.1.1

Cited in the index

general *Taylor JAFL XLVI 82 No. 2021A
general BP II 146
general **Haavio FFC XCIX
general **Wesselski Hessische Blätter f. Vksk. XXXII 2ff.

Within the index

Filed under The funeral procession of the hen. Animals one by one join the procession. The funeral carriage breaks down or the procession drowns.

Carried in tale types

The Rooster and the Hen · ATU 2021 1 recorded variant

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