ATU 20C The Animals Flee in Fear of the End of the World

ATU 20C

The Animals Flee in Fear of the End of the World

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

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Other sounds misunderstood. 1 variant
Nut hits cock in head: he thinks world is coming to an end. He sends the hen to tell the duck, the duck to tell the goose, etc. Final formula: – Fox, who told you? – Hare. – Hare, who told you? – Goose. – etc. For sequel see Type 20C. Sometimes the animals have queer names (cf. Z53). 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.