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El tipo 1240 - Cutting Off the Branch (previously Man Sitting on Branch of Tree Cuts it off). (Including the previous Type 1240A.) se ha identificado en los siguientes relatos:

Los cinco consejos, por Serapio Cornejo, de Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco

 

 

Información sobre este tipo cuentístico: Description: A fool sitting on a branch of a tree cuts it off [J2133.4]. In a Greek version, he climbs with difficulty onto a dead branch of a tree, which breaks off. (Previously Type 1240A.)

Combinations: 1313, 1313A, 1539, and 1675.

Remarks:Traditional introductory episode to the anecdote of the man who thinks he is dead (cf. Type 13l3A). Originally from the Indic-Arabic area, this widespread combination has a rich literary tradition. Popular as a proverbial phrase.

(Hans-Jörg Uther. The types of International Folktales. A Classification and Bibliography, Based on the System of Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia-Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 2004.)