“wormwood” — Mythoi

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Motifs

The wormwood does not want to rock the sparrow. Final formula: the worms begin to gnaw the rods, the rods to beat the oxen, the oxen to drink the water, the water to quench the fire, the fire to burn the hunters, the hunters to shoot the wolves, the wolves to kill the goats, the goats to gnaw the wormwood, the wormwood to rock me – it rocked and rocked me to sleep. Z41.7

Tale types

ATU 2034A* The Wormwood Does Not Want to Rock the Sparrow