ATU 48* Flatterer Rewarded, Honest One Punished (previously The Bear who Went to the Monkey for the Gold Chain)

ATU 48*

Flatterer Rewarded, Honest One Punished (previously The Bear who Went to the Monkey for the Gold Chain)

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

Liar rewarded by the apes. King of apes asks visitors how they like his children (courtiers). Truthful visitor tells that they are very ugly, and is punished. Liar praises their beauty and receives reward. 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.