The Three Little Pigs

E681724

European folk tale children's story fairy tale folk tale

The Three Little Pigs is a classic folk tale, popularized by a 1933 Disney animated short, about three pigs who build houses of different materials to protect themselves from a Big Bad Wolf.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Story of the Three Little Pigs	1
The Three Little Pigs (fairy tale)	1
The Three Little Pigs (music)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European folk tale ⓘ children's story ⓘ fairy tale ⓘ folk tale ⓘ
adaptedAs	animated film ⓘ picture books ⓘ stage plays ⓘ
antagonist	Big Bad Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralConflict	Big Bad Wolf tries to eat the pigs NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalImpact	inspired numerous retellings ⓘ referenced widely in popular culture ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Big Bad Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ first little pig ⓘ second little pig ⓘ third little pig ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	19th century ⓘ
genre	children's literature ⓘ fairy tale ⓘ
hasCatchphrase	I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down ⓘ Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin ⓘ
hasHouseMaterial	bricks ⓘ sticks ⓘ straw ⓘ
hasStructure	repetition of events with variation ⓘ
intendedUse	bedtime story ⓘ moral instruction for children ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	English ⓘ
mainCharacters	Big Bad Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ three pigs ⓘ
moral	diligence is rewarded ⓘ hard work and preparation provide security ⓘ laziness has consequences ⓘ
narrativePattern	rule of three ⓘ
originatesFrom	oral storytelling tradition ⓘ
plotElement	only the brick house withstands the wolf ⓘ three pigs each build a house of different materials ⓘ wolf attempts to blow down each house ⓘ
popularizedBy	1933 Disney animated short ⓘ Walt Disney animated short film ⓘ
protagonists	three pigs ⓘ
setting	rural countryside ⓘ
targetAudience	children ⓘ
teachesConcept	cause and effect ⓘ consequences of choices ⓘ importance of planning ahead ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pinto Colvig → workedOn → The Three Little Pigs ⓘ

Frank Churchill → notableWork → The Three Little Pigs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Three Little Pigs (music)

Three Little Pigs (Shrek) → relatedWork → The Three Little Pigs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Three Little Pigs (fairy tale)

The Uses of Enchantment → examinesWork → The Three Little Pigs ⓘ

English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs → hasPart → The Three Little Pigs ⓘ

subject surface form: English Fairy Tales

this entity surface form: The Story of the Three Little Pigs