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El tipo 222 - War between Birds (Insects) and Quadrupeds (previously War of Birds and Quadrupeds). se ha identificado en los siguientes relatos:

El león y el grillo, por Eduviges Reyes, de Amapa, Nayarit

 

 

Información sobre este tipo cuentístico: Description: A bear (wolf, lion) insults the children of a wren (insults an insect). The wren declares war, and the flying animals fight against the quadrupeds. The fox leads the quadrupeds and lifts his tail to signal that they are on the advance. Gnats bite the fox under the tail, so he lowers it. The quadrupeds think they have lost and retreat [K2323.1]. The flying animals win [B261]. Cf. Type 103.

Combinations: 313, 537.

Remarks:Documented by Marie de France, Esope (No. 65) in the 12th century. The modern tradition begins with J. and W. Grimm, Kinder- und Hausmärchen (No. 102). The variants differ with regard to the cause of the war.

(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.)