The death of the little hen described with unusual words. Each act of mourning described by a neologism: the table untables itself. (Cf. X1506.)

Motif

The death of the little hen described with unusual words. Each act of mourning described by a neologism: the table untables itself. (Cf. X1506.)

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 Z32.2.1

Cited in the index

general *Taylor JAFL XLVI 82 No. 2022A, Hdwb. d. Märchens II 177a
general Tegethoff Französische Märchen II 78 No. 18
general Rolland Rimes et jeux d'enfance (1881) 119f.
general Kristensen Danske Dyrefabler 98ff. No. 171ff.

Within the index

Filed under The death of the little hen. She is characteristically mourned by objects and animals; e.g., flea, door, broom, cart, ashes, tree, girl.

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

The extraordinary names. A place where animals and things are designated by senseless names. (Cf. Z32.2.1.) The animals with queer names: as hen (henny-penny), cock (cocky-locky), goose (goosey-poosey). (Cf. Z32.2.1.)

Carried in tale types

The Death of the Little Hen · ATU 2022 1 recorded variant

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