ATU 55 The Animals Build a Road (Dig Well)

ATU 55

The Animals Build a Road (Dig Well)

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

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Animals refuse to help dig well (make road) and are punished. 2 variants
Laziness punished. (Cf. Q495.1.) 2 variants
Snake refuses to help make road: dies on road. (Cf. A2441.4.1.) 1 variant
Shrew refuses to help make road: dies on road. (Cf. A2468.1.) 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.