His companion tries this plan and loses his axe. Finally he is given his own axe and rewarded for his modest choice. Takes out a gold axe but the woodsman says that it is not his. A woodsman lets his axe fall into the water. India: Thompson-Balys Japanese: Ikeda West Indies: Flowers 566. Moderate request rewarded immoderate punished. 1, (Fjort): Dennett 121f., (Ibo, Nigeria): Basden 282, (Duala): Lederbogen JAS IV 70, Märchen 84 Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 125 No. 18b, (California): Gayton and Newman 95 Africa: Werner African 138ff., 204, 208, 210, (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 89 No. Indian: *Thompson CColl II 383, 386ff., 432, *Thompson Tales 276 n. 2 India: *Thompson-Balys Chinese: Graham Japanese: Anesaki 318f., Ikeda Korean: Zong in-Sob 32 No.
Irish: O'Suilleabhain 18 French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 15 Missouri French: Carrière Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 75 No. Courteous person (often youngest brother or sister) complies and is rewarded. Churlish person disregards requests of old person (animal) and is punished. 181 India: *Thompson-Balys Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 656 Japanese: Ikeda. Usually the hospitable person is poor, the inhospitable rich. Gods (saints) in disguise reward hospitality and punish inhospitality. Hospitality rewarded - opposite punished. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1955-1958. Motif-index of folk-literature : a classification of narrative elements in folktales, ballads, myths, fables, mediaeval romances, exempla, fabliaux, jest-books, and local legends.
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