ATU 2042 Chain of Accidents (previously Chain of Accidents: the Ant (Crab) Bite and its Consequences)

ATU 2042

Chain of Accidents (previously Chain of Accidents: the Ant (Crab) Bite and its Consequences)

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

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Birds fight and cause series of accidents to other animals and people. 1 variant
Bite (prick) causes series of accidents. 1 variant
Man sharpening his dao is bitten by a prawn. He cuts down a big bamboo; a fruit falls from bamboo and strikes a bird on the nape of the neck; the bird scratches up an ant's nest with his feet; the ant bites a wild boar in the eye; and the boar bears down upon a plantain tree where a bat dwells under a leaf; the bat seeks refuge in the ear of an elephant, and the elephant kicks down the house on an old woman. She rushes out and falls into a well. 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.