ATU 280 The Ant Carries a Load as Large as Himself

ATU 280

The Ant Carries a Load as Large as Himself

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

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Ant carries load as heavy as himself. Defeats bear, raven (or other bird). Various explanations. (Cf. A2435.3.3, A2486.1.) 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.