The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats
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"The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats" is a classic European folktale popularized by the Brothers Grimm, telling a cautionary story about a deceitful wolf who tricks and devours young goats before ultimately being outwitted and punished.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's story
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fairy tale ⓘ folktale ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| collector | Brothers Grimm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| culture | European ⓘ |
| featuresEvent |
mother goat cuts open the sleeping wolf's belly
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mother goat rescues the kids from the wolf's belly ⓘ stones are placed in the wolf's belly ⓘ wolf disguises his voice to trick the goats ⓘ wolf drowns or dies because of the stones ⓘ wolf eats six of the seven young goats ⓘ youngest goat hides and survives ⓘ |
| genre |
cautionary tale
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fairy tale ⓘ folktale ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
animated film adaptations
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picture book adaptations ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Brothers Grimm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationTradition | European children's book illustration ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
animals acting like humans
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rescue from the belly of a monster ⓘ trickster punished ⓘ wolf as deceiver ⓘ |
| hasPart |
character: mother goat
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character: seven young goats ⓘ character: wolf ⓘ |
| includedIn | Grimms' Fairy Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist | wolf ⓘ |
| mainProtagonist |
mother goat
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youngest goat ⓘ |
| moral |
children should obey their parents' warnings
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deceit and cruelty are ultimately punished ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A wolf deceives seven young goats and eats them, but the mother goat and the surviving youngest kid rescue the others and punish the wolf. ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Little Red Riding Hood
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The Three Little Pigs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
danger of strangers
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deception ⓘ obedience ⓘ parental protection ⓘ punishment of evil ⓘ |
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