Where is that grain? – The cock snatched it. – Where is that cock? – He drowned in the sea. – Where is that sea? – It is grown over with reeds. – Where are those reeds? – The maids have cut them down. etc

Motif

Where is that grain? – The cock snatched it. – Where is that cock? – He drowned in the sea. – Where is that sea? – It is grown over with reeds. – Where are those reeds? – The maids have cut them down. etc.

Miscellaneous groups of motifs. · Formulas. · Cumulative tales. · Chains with interdependent members. · view the constellation · filed as Z49.5.1

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