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The Rich and the Poor Peasant: A Minimal Exposition
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Folklore contains understanding that is tucked into entertainment.
"The rich and the poor peasant" has AT number 1535. The synopsis: "A rich peasant ('Store-Per') slaughters the only calf (cow, horse) of his poor brother ('Vesle-Per'). Vesle-Per avenges himself on Store-Per by tricking him into imitating his acts - with disastrous results: using the calf-hide (or another thing) as an 'augur', selling a dead old woman, and letting himself be driven to 'Paradise'. [Tyno]
      More plainly still: The type of tale is about a victim of bullying who makes up his mind to fool his bullying neighbour or brother, and gets rid of him eventually. Some delight in such violent tales.
      The Danish poet Hans Christian Anderson modulated and expanded existing folk tales. He also wrote a variant of this tale type, calling it "Big Claus and Little Claus": [LINK] What is more, Andersen often used figures, themes and segments from older tales to make a point.

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      Tyno: Hodne, Ørnulf. The Types of the Norwegian Folktale. Bergen: Universitetsforlaget, 1984.
     
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