Table 1 Index numbers and minor categories in animal tales (ATU 1-299).

From: Systematic quantitative analyses reveal the folk-zoological knowledge embedded in folktales

Index

Minor category

N of tale types

1–99

Wild animals

110

100–149

Wild animals and domestic animals

72

150–199

Wild animals and humans

59

200–219

Domestic animals

35

220–299

Other animals and objects

106

  1. Note that the category ‘Other Animals and Objects’ contains tales of animals not categorised as beasts (birds, bugs, or fish), inanimate objects, or imagistic characters. For details, see Supplemental Material (Table S1 for Top 30 animals in each category; Table S2 for inanimate objects)
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