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- The Cat with the Candle

The Cat with the Candle (previously The Cat and the Candle). (Including the previous Type 217*.) A man trains a cat (monkey, dog) to hold lighted candles on its head [cf. K264.2]. When a mouse runs through the room, the cat drops the candle and chases the mouse [J1908.1]. Cf. Type 218.

K264.2

J1908.1

Documented in the 10th century in the Arabian literature (Basset 1924ff. II, 449 No. 127). Often part of a wager or a dispute about whether nature or education exert the greatest influence. Dispute between well-known characters (e.g. Solomon and Marcolf).

314, 550, 888A.

217

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