Some Narrative Aspects of Visual Riddles. Carrying a Wolf, a Goat, and a Cabbage across the Stream. Metamorphoses of ATU 1579 Cover Image

Hundi, kitse ja kapsapea üle jõe viimine. ATU 1579 metamorfoosid
Some Narrative Aspects of Visual Riddles. Carrying a Wolf, a Goat, and a Cabbage across the Stream. Metamorphoses of ATU 1579

Author(s): Piret Voolaid
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore
Published by: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the functioning of the plot of the fixed tale type ATU 1579 (Carrying a Wolf, a Goat, and a Cabbage across the Stream) as a riddle and a narrative and as its forms which have surrounded the plot and originate in traditional folklore genres. In addition to the narrative genre and the riddle genre, the plot has been widely applied in the form of an interactive computer game. The different forms and goals of a type plot may be regarded as points of contact of folklore and folkloristic.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 77-98
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Estonian
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