Sparrow, where are you going? – To eat seed. – The owner will scold you. – I'll sit on a pine tree. – etc

Motif

Sparrow, where are you going? – To eat seed. – The owner will scold you. – I'll sit on a pine tree. – 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 Z39.4.2

Filed across the traditions

Cheremis Sebeok-Nyerges.

Within the index

Filed under Where have you been, goose? – In the fields. – What have you in your beak? – A knife. – etc. (Tile, water, ox, firewood, old woman, friars, mass, shirt.)

Filed beside it

Titmouse, what are you eating? – A large turnip. – etc

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