Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson K402.1 — The goose without a leg

K402.1
Thompson motif reference
K
Deceptions
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Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

The goose without a leg. Accused of eating the goose's leg, the thief maintains that it had no leg, and cleverly enforces his point by showing geese standing on one leg. (Usually the master confounds the rascal by frightening the geese so that they use both legs) *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 229 No. 75; Boccaccio Decameron VI No. 4 (*Lee 177); Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 2424*; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 191; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys; West Indies: Flowers 508.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

No ATU tale type in the current concordance points to this Thompson motif.

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