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Indo-European Folktales Test 2
fairytales form around the world
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Literature
Undergraduate 2
10/26/2009

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The Flying Ship
Boys Become Men
Definition
old couple had 3 son, 2 smart, 1 dumb. mother gave smart sons nice clothes and not the dumb one. 2 smart brothers go on jouney to build flying ship to marry the princess. dumb goes off by himself and meets old man and sons food becomes nicer. old man tell him to chop down first tree and there will be flying ship when he wakes. man listening to next world, man with leg tied behind ear man with gun, man with sack of bread, a thirst man, man with wood, man with straw, come on ship. they go to czar who gives them task before he can marry his daughter. fast runner gets water of life, gluton eats food, thirsty man drinks water, man with wood turned it into an army for simpleton. czar final gives his daughter and he becomes smart.
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The Rabbit Herd
Boys Become Men
Definition
King had daughter who would not laugh. King said man who made her laugh could marry her. Hans goes to try and meet old man who gives hans flute for sharing his bread. hans plays flute for princess and makes her laugh. but king didn't want princess to marry simpleton so he said he had to herd rabbits for 3 days. hans used flute to keep rabbits together. king sent princess and then queen into the woods to make hans fail and then himself failed. hans then filled 3 bag by threatening the king, queen and princess and then married the princess
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The Swineherd Who Married A Princess
Boys Become Men
Definition
Swineherder taught a smart pig to dance. Princess came and asked pig to dance. Swineherder made her lift her skirt to her knees to see the pig. and again to her waist and then to her neck. king said man who could describe princesses birthmark could marry her. prince bribed lady in waiting about birthmark. king said the swineherder and the prince would both lay in bed with her and the one she was facing would marry her. the men had to eat weird thing the king would kill them. then the princess married the swineherder
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The Blue Light
Grimms
Boys Become Men
Definition
soldier walking through the woods stop to help woman get lamp out of well. he got the lamp but the women would help him out. he lite the lamp and a spirt cam out granted his wishes. wished for princess to clean his house. princess thought it was dream but marked the soldier door to make sure. soldier was jailed but then got the kingdom and princess using the lamp
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The Little Donkey
Animal Bridegrooms
Definition
King and Queen tryed to have children and finally gave birth to a donkey. Mother didn't like donkey but father did. donkey learned to play flute. donkey saw his reflection and left the kindom and when to other and played his lute to see the King. donkey and king become friends but donkey what to go home. king offered princess for him to stay so he did, on their wedding night donkey took off his animal skin and was a handsome man. servant hiding in the room saw and told the king. the king stole his skin and burned it. the donkey wanted to leave because he didn't have skin so king offered him half his kingdom to stay.
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Cupid and Psyche
Animal Bridegrooms
Definition
princess was so beautiful that ppl have to worship her instead of Venus. Venus was angered and sent her son cupid to make her fall in love with a mean man but he didn't. Psyche is taken to nice grove by Zephyr and she found the retreat of gods. she was treated wonderfully there by her secret husband. Psyche sister persuaded her to find out who her husband was and kill him if he is a mosnter. she looked at his face and it was cupid and he flew out the window and pysch fell out trying to follow him. she went home and told her sister who then tryed to marry cupid. Psyche wandered around without food and water looking for cupid. she goes the the temple and Ceres tell her to ask Venus for forgivenness in order to get Cupid back. venus commanded Psyche to sort lentel but was overwhelmed, so cupid told the ants to help, but Venus knew Psyche didnt do the work herself and told her to collect sheep fur. the river told her a way to tmake the work easier. Venus gives her another task to deliver a box which she must not look in. she looked in the box and a sheep killed her, but cupid saved her. Cupid and Psyche got maried and had a baby named pleasuer
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The Little Donkey
Animal Bridegrooms
Definition
King and Queen tryed to have children and finally gave birth to a donkey. Mother didn't like donkey but father did. donkey learned to play flute. donkey saw his reflection and left the kindom and when to other and played his lute to see the King. donkey and king become friends but donkey what to go home. king offered princess for him to stay so he did, on their wedding night donkey took off his animal skin and was a handsome man. servant hiding in the room saw and told the king. the king stole his skin and burned it. the donkey wanted to leave because he didn't have skin so king offered him half his kingdom to stay.
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The Blue Light
Grimms
Definition
soldier walking through the woods stop to help woman get lamp out of well. he got the lamp but the women would help him out. he lite the lamp and a spirt cam out granted his wishes. wished for princess to clean his house. princess thought it was dream but marked the soldier door to make sure. soldier was jailed but then got the kingdom and princess using the lamp
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The Swineherd Who Married A Princess
Boys Become Men
Definition
Swineherder taught a smart pig to dance. Princess came and asked pig to dance. Swineherder made her lift her skirt to her knees to see the pig. and again to her waist and then to her neck. king said man who could describe princesses birthmark could marry her. prince bribed lady in waiting about birthmark. king said the swineherder and the prince would both lay in bed with her and the one she was facing would marry her. the men had to eat weird thing the king would kill them. then the princess married the swineherder
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The Blue Light
Grimms
Definition
soldier walking through the woods stop to help woman get lamp out of well. he got the lamp but the women would help him out. he lite the lamp and a spirt cam out granted his wishes. wished for princess to clean his house. princess thought it was dream but marked the soldier door to make sure. soldier was jailed but then got the kingdom and princess using the lamp
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The Frog's Skin
Animal Brides
Definition
King and Queen tryed to have children and finally gave birth to a donkey. Mother didn't like donkey but father did. donkey learned to play flute. donkey saw his reflection and left the kindom and when to other and played his lute to see the King. donkey and king become friends but donkey what to go home. king offered princess for him to stay so he did, on their wedding night donkey took off his animal skin and was a handsome man. servant hiding in the room saw and told the king. the king stole his skin and burned it. the donkey wanted to leave because he didn't have skin so king offered him half his kingdom to stay.
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Cupid and Psyche
Animal Brides
Definition
princess was so beautiful that ppl have to worship her instead of Venus. Venus was angered and sent her son cupid to make her fall in love with a mean man but he didn't. Psyche is taken to nice grove by Zephyr and she found the retreat of gods. she was treated wonderfully there by her secret husband. Psyche sister persuaded her to find out who her husband was and kill him if he is a mosnter. she looked at his face and it was cupid and he flew out the window and pysch fell out trying to follow him. she went home and told her sister who then tryed to marry cupid. Psyche wandered around without food and water looking for cupid. she goes the the temple and Ceres tell her to ask Venus for forgivenness in order to get Cupid back. venus commanded Psyche to sort lentel but was overwhelmed, so cupid told the ants to help, but Venus knew Psyche didnt do the work herself and told her to collect sheep fur. the river told her a way to tmake the work easier. Venus gives her another task to deliver a box which she must not look in. she looked in the box and a sheep killed her, but cupid saved her. Cupid and Psyche got maried and had a baby named pleasuer
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The Frogs Skin
Animals Brides
Definition
3 Brothers shot arrows to see who they would marry. youngest brothers arrow went in lake so he brought home a frog. they lived happily until the other brothers wives threw the frog out. Wives convinced the brothers to the throw the frog and her husband out for good. the brother found food prepared for him when he came home and wanted to know who did it, so he hid and saw the frog take off her skin and become a beautiful woman. the man burned her skin and the lord found out about the beautiful woman and told the man he must sow a barnful of wheat or he wold take his wife. he completed this task and 2 others in which he met people from hell. the king died and no one took his wife
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The Swan Maidens
Definition
Hunters sees beautiful maidens coming to swim as he is hunting. He stole the prettiest ones dress. the madien could not leave without her robe and her sisters left her. the hunter married the maiden but never gave her back her robe. while playing hide and seek the maidens daughter found the robe and gave it back to her and she flew away. The man asked the king of beasts, the king of the birds and the king of fish were to find land east of the sun and west of moon and dolphin told him it wastop of the crystal mt near the wild forest. he stole shoes of swiftness and cap of invisibility from 2 brothers and went to the mountain and got his wife back
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The Mermaid Wife
Animal Brides
Definition
Man stole seal skin from a mermaid and she couldn't go back with her friends so she became his wife. while playing her child found her skin and she returned to the ocean
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The Frog King or Iron Heinrich
Grimms
Animal Bridgrooms
Definition
The Princess promised the frog he could be her companion if he got her ball out the well. she did not want to keep her promise the king made her. the princess was anger and threw the frog against the wall, The frog turned in a handsome prince. the princes servant cam the next day to take them to his kingdom and the 3 bands around his heart burst that his master was redeemed and happy
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The Frog Prince
Definition
the third princess that went to the well agreed to make the water clear if he could be her sweetheart. the frog slept at her feet for 3 nights and then turned into a handsome prince
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Hans-My-Hedgehog
Grimms
Animal Bridegrooms
Definition
Two peasants had a son the was half boy, half hedgehog. they baptized him then layed him in bed and waited for 8 years for him to die. the father gave hans bags pipes and had the rooster shod so hans would leave. he went to the forest for 3 years and his heard grew. hans helped a lost king find his way in exchange for the first thing that greeted him when he went home, but the king tricked him. then he helped another King home in exchange for the first thing that greeted him. Hans went to the first kingdom and was attacked. hans threatened to kill the princess so she went with him and he poked her with his quill for her deceit. Hans was welcomed at the second kingdom and took off his hedgehog skin and burned it and turned into a handsome man. Hans went to his father and the father rejoiced and went to the kingdom together
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East of the Sun and West of Moon
Animal Bridegrooms
Definition
giant white bear offers poor man to be rich in exchange for his youngest daughter. the bear to her to a castle wear she could have anything she wanted. at night the bear took off his pelt and slept with her though she never saw his face. she homesick and the bear agreed to let her go if she didnt talk alone with her mother. but she talked with her mother and the mother gave her a candle to se the mans face. she looked and saw he was very handsome but she woke him up and then he had to return to his step mother and marry an ugly princess east of the sun and west of the moon. the girl went to find the prince. she got help from a old woman with a golden apple and then an old women with a golden carding comb and then an old woman with a golden spinning wheel. then she met the east wind who took her to the west wind who took her to the south wind who took her to the north wind who took her the the stepmothers castle. she traded the golden apple comb and spinning wheel with the ugly princess to see the prince. the prince said he would marry only the woman who could wash the spots out of his shirt and the girl was the only one that could do it because she was the one that put them there. the christians were freed and the prince and the girl flew away
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The Twelve Huntsman
Grimms
Abandoned Woman
Definition
a prince and a princess were inlove but the prince had to leave because his father was dieing. his father betrowthed him to another princess and he forgot about the first. the first princess and 11 ladies in waiting dressed as huntsmen and to the princes court where they were installed as huntsman. Prince suspected they were woman and tested them, but they pasted because they knew of the tests. the prince discovered his former lover and fell inlove with her again and they lived happily ever after
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Sweetheart Roland
Grimms
Abandoned Woman
Definition
a mother loved her real daughter and hated her step daughter. mother plotted to chop over the step daughter's head. but the step daughter her the plan and the step mother killed her own daughter instead. the step daughter stole her stepmothers magic wand and ran away with sweetheart roland. they dribble 3 drops of blood before they left.
the stepmother chased after them. the stepdaughter and sweetheart used the magic wand to kill the stepmother. the sweatheart when home to make wedding preparation and the stepdaughter waited for him but he never came. she turned herself into a flower and a sheperd oicked him and took her to his house. secretly she did housework for him. the sheperd discovered her and wanted to marry her but she refused. she went her sweethearts wedding and sang and he recognized her voice and married her instead
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The Clinking Clanking Lowesleaf
Animal Bridegrooms
Definition
king went to a fair to buy things for his daughters, youngest wanted a clinking clanking lowesleaf by he couldnt find one. On his way home a dog promised the king a clinking clanking lowesleaf if he gave him the first thing that greeted him. The king goes home and sees his favorite duaghter first and is very sad and mourns for year. The queen decides to dress the servant up to give to the dog instead of the princess. but the goose girl reveiled herself to the dog. the dog returned to the castle and the queen gave the dog another servant and she too reveled her self. finally the queen gave the dog the right girl. he took her too an enchanted house where she woke up all alone. she wished for a beggar woman and one appeared and told her how to the break the spell on the dog to turn him into a prince and she did
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Beauty and the Beast
Animal Bridegroom
Definition
a rich merchant with 3 daughter and 3 sons lost his fortune and the children had to work for a living. no one wanted to marry the mean older sister but everyone wanted to marry the young kind sister. beaty worked hard as a peasant. her father went to town with hope of regaining some fortune, but found none and got lost in the woods on the way home. he stopped at an empty house for shelter an on his way took a rose for beauty, but the beast got very mad and he sentenceed him to death or else sacrfice one of his daughter instead and the father agreed. beauty went to the beasts castle and he treated her well and asked to marry her but she said no and asked to visit her father and the beast allowed it. her sister tryed to trick her to make her stay for more than a week so the beast would eat her. but she went home and desided to marry him but he was very sick. when beauty declared her love he turned into a handsome prince
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The Mastermaid
Abandoned Women
Definition
prince leaves home and goes to giants house to work, he his told to clean the stable and not go to the other rooms. he looks in the rooms and finds a pot of stew in each and the last a princess. the princess tells him a trick for cleaning the stable. the next day the giant told him to get the horse from the pasture and he asked the mastermaid and she told him how. and the prince pretend he didnt know the mastermaid when asked agian. the third day the giant asked him to go to hell and get his fire tax and again the mastermaid told him how and he prentended agian he didnt know the mastermaid when the giant asked. the giant asked the mastermaid to boil the prince, but instead left 3 drops of blood and ran away witht the prince. The 3 drops of blood talked to the giant and distracted him while they ran. the giant found out and ran after them. prince left to go home to get horses for the mastermaid so she didn't have to walk. but when he got home he forgot about her. the mastermaid went to live in a hut with hag. the hag died. then the constable came and the mastermaid burned him with coals. then the clerk came and the she battered him to death. then the sheffif came and she made him run around. the prince was about to get married but the carrage kept breaking and they borrowed replacement from the mastermaid and finally got to church. at dinner they decided to invite the maiden who lent them the stuff. the king went and brought her to the palace and she broke the spell and the prince knew her again. and the witch that cast the spell was torn to peices
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The Scorion and the Tortoise
Good and Evil
Definition
scorpion and tortoise were good friends and promised never to leave eachothter. tortoise carried scoprion over water, the scorpion tried to peice the tortoise shell and the tortoise drown the scorpion
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Dharmabuddhi and Papabuddhi
Good and Evil
Definition
jew and gentile made a bet over who had better relgion. santan came and made the gentile win. the jew overheard the spirits talking and learned how to fix the evil they had done and was rewarded by the people he had helped. then the gentil tryed to help the pople but he only wanted the reward, so the spirits killed him
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True and Untrue
Good and Evil
Definition
true and untrue were sent off in the world by their mother. true shared his food with untrue, but untrue left true to starve. then untrue plucked out untrue's eyes. true climbed up a tree for safety and heard animals celebrating underneath and they told him how to get his sight back. he also overheard how to get the princesses hearing back, make the orchard grow and get more water for the king. in the morning he got his sight back and went to the king and told him what he had learned. on true's wedding night untru came and true told him to go to linen tree to see what he could find out, but found nothing
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Cat and mouse in Partnership
Resignation
Grimms
Definition
Cat and moused lived and kept house together. the had fat stored up for winter at the church. the cat had a longing for it and ate it all. when winter came the mouse relized what the cat had done and the cat ate the mouse.
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The Lions Share
Resignation
Aesop
Definition
jakal, fox and wolf help lion kill a stag, but he wont share it will them
Moral: You may share the labors of the great but you will not share the reward
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The Lion, the fox and the Donkey
Resignation
Aesop
Definition
lion, fox and donkey kill animal together. donkey divided animal equally and lion killed him. fox divided it so lion had the most and he lived
Moral: Happy is he who learns from the mistakes of others
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The Wolf and the Lamb
Resignation
Aesop
Definition
wolf saw lamb and wanted to eat her, so made up a reason
Moral: Any excuse will serve a tyrant
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The Elephant and his Keeper
Master and Servant
Definition
keeper was cruel to his elephant to the elephant trampled him
Term
how the man taught the tiger to fly
Master and Servant
Definition
tiger asked man for wings. and man agreed but tricked him intead, killing him slowly
Term
The Cruel Merchant
Master and Servant
Definition
Cruel master cut of the noses of his servant if they were abusive or angry. brother of a servant who had his nose cut off vowed to avenge him. man made master agree that he too could cut his nose for being angry. man twisted to words of his master to get away with doing something that would made him angry and got to cut off his nose
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Til Eulenspiegal
Master and Servant
Definition
Til pretended to be a baker and tricked the baker. Til pretended to be a furrier and tricked the furrier and farted and was sent away. he went to another furrier and played a trick on him. he felt ill and went to a preist but tricked him too
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Clever Gretel
Master and Servant
Grimms
Definition
Gretel drank her master's wine and ate his chicken and blamed his dinner quest
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The Mongoose Boy - Tricksters
Definition
Raja's second wife gave birth to mongoose son. first wife had six boys. gave boys 20 rupees and mongoose 10. boys bought sun horses and mongoose bought donkey. mongoose made more money than boy when they returned to raja. famine came and mongoose had stored food, but boys had not, so they burnt his house down. mongoose tricked merchant into trading the ashes the rupees. he told his brother he sold the ashes and they burnt down their houses. then the boys killed mongooses mother for the trick he played. mongoose tricked herders into think he killed their mother and they cam him their herds.mongoose tricked his brother agian and they all killed their wives and their horses. brothers tried to kill him but he killed them instead
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Big Peter and Little Peter - Tricksters
Definition
big peter and little peter were brother, there father dies and big peter took over and told little peter to move out. little peter run out of money and came home and only had a calf and big petter killed it. tryed to sell hide and on the way saw a woman entertaining a preist. little peter stayed with the woman and her huband and told them the hide was magic and they traded a chest for it. the priest was in the chest, and little peter made him pay to be released. little peter went home and tricked big peter into killing all his cows. little peter tricked big peter into killing their mother instead of him and black mailed big petter. little peter tricked man at market into thinking he had killed his mother and balck mailled him too. big peter tried to kill little peter but little peter tricked big peter and big peter died
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The Countryman and the Merchant - Tricksters
Definition
phesant promised country man all the birds would be at the man's funeral if he didnt kill him. man pretend to be dead so he could trap all the birds for food. merchant came and countryman told him he got the birds from and his cat and then sold it for a large sum. same with the pot and two hares. the merchant was anger at being tricked, so the countryman tricked him that it was his wifes fault and pretended to kill her and bring her back to life to be forgiven. merchant killed his own wife and tied countryman to tree, and tried to kill him but he tricked his way out of it and merchant died instead
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Miracle Upon Miracle - Tricksters
Definition
man left to go abroad after loosing his fortune. give anceint scales to brother for safe keeping but brother does not have them when he reutrns. man sealed his brothers son in cave and brother finally gave him back his scales
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Merchant and his iron - trickster
Definition
man was going on a journey and left 200 tons of iron with his friend. when man returned his friend said he no longer had his iron. so the man locked his friends son in a room
Term
Crab - Tricksters
Definition
poor man pretended to be astrologer to find the kings ring to collects reward. the kings servants were the ones that stole his ring. conspired to servants to make king think he found it
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Harisarman - trickster
Definition
haris and his family worked for rich family, one day rich family had a feast, but haris got none, so he pretend to be magic to be more respected. it accidently was beleived and prospered
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