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The Honest Woodcutter
Grandville's illustration to La Fontaine's fable
Folk tale
Name
The Honest Woodcutter
Also known as
Mercury and the Woodman; The Golden Axe
Aarne–Thompson grouping
ATU 729 (The Axe falls into the Stream)[1]
Region
Greece; Worldwide
The Honest Woodcutter, also known as Mercury and the Woodman and The Golden Axe, is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 173 in the Perry Index. It serves as a cautionary tale on the need for cultivating honesty, even at the price of self-interest. It is also classified as Aarne-Thompson 729: The Axe falls into the Stream.[2]
^The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths. Edited, translated and introduced by William Hansen. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press. 2019. p. 446. ISBN 978-0-691-19592-6
^Lesebuchgeschichten: Erzählstoffe in Schullesebüchern, 1770-1920. Ingrid Tomkowiak. Berlin: De Gruyter. 1993. p. 256
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