ATU 1586 The Man in Court for Killing a Fly

ATU 1586

The Man in Court for Killing a Fly

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Anecdotes And Jokes · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Killing the fly on the judge's nose. The judge has told the boy that he should kill a fly wherever he sees one. 2 variants
Man accidentally killed by bear trying to chase away flies. 2 variants
Numskull thinks the bishop's snoring is his death rattle. He strikes at a fly on the bishop's nose because it seems to be killing the bishop. 1 variant
Numskull shoots grasshopper which lighted on the shoulder of his friend and kills friend. 1 variant

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.