Mouse bursts open when crossing a stream. Series of helpers similar to Z41.4 — Mythoi

Motif

Mouse bursts open when crossing a stream. Series of helpers similar to Z41.4.

Miscellaneous groups of motifs. · Formulas. · Cumulative tales. · Chains with interdependent members. · view the constellation · filed as Z41.4.1

Cited in the index

general *Taylor JAFL XLVI 86 No. 2034A
general *Wesselski Hessische Blätter f. Vksk. XXXII 28
general BP II 107–8.

Within the index

Filed under The mouse regains its tail. The cat bites off the mouse's tail and will return it in exchange for milk. The mouse goes to the cow for milk, the farmer for hay, the butcher for meat, the baker for bread. Other persons mentioned are the locksmith and the miner.

Filed beside it

My dog picked up a string, but did not wish to give it to me unless I gave her bread. Cupboard did not wish to give bread unless I gave it a key; smith, charcoal; charcoal-burner, calf's legbone; butcher, milk; cow, grass; meadow, water; clouds, dove's feather. Dove gave me a feather which I gave to clouds, etc

Carried in tale types

The Old Woman and her Pig · ATU 2030 1 recorded variant
The Bean (Mouse), the Straw, and the Coal · ATU 295 1 recorded variant

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