Aarne–Thompson–Uther index · Tale type

ATU 124 — The Three Little Pigs

124
ATU tale-type number
1
Aarne–Thompson references
1
Thompson motif references
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Summary

Tale type
The goose builds a house of feathers; the hog one of stone. The wolf blows the goose's house in and eats her. Cannot blow down the hog's house. Finally he is allowed to enter. He is tricked into the chimney (or churn) where he is burned up.

Summaries may be abridged. For the full catalogue entry, see Hans-Jörg Uther, The Types of International Folktales (2004), ATU 124.

Earlier references

Concordance

Aarne–Thompson: 124

Thompson motif index: Z81





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