ATU 231 The Heron and the Fish (previously The Heron [Crane] Transports the Fish)

ATU 231

The Heron and the Fish (previously The Heron [Crane] Transports the Fish)

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

Crane persuades fish to let him change him from one lake into another: he eats fish. 1 variant
Fish tricked by crane into letting selves be carried from one pond to another. The crane eats them when they are in his power. (Cf. K713.1.2.) 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.