ATU 75 The Help of the Weak

ATU 75

The Help of the Weak

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

Deer in net freed by friendly animals, a crow, a mouse and a tortoise. 3 variants
Association of rat with cat ceases as soon as mutual danger has passed. The rat threatened by the weasel and the owl allies himself with a cat caught in a net. Saved by the cat, he rescues the cat with precaution and then prudently renounces further relations with her. 3 variants
Animal grateful for rescue from net. 2 variants
Lion spared mouse: mouse grateful. Later releases lion from net. (Cf. B363.) 2 variants
Helpful mouse. 2 variants

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.