The Crab That Played with the Sea
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"The Crab That Played with the Sea" is one of Rudyard Kipling’s whimsical Just So Stories, telling a myth-like tale that explains how the sea’s tides and a once-powerful crab came to be as they are.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Just So Story
ⓘ
children's story ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Just So Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explains |
the origin of the tides
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why crabs are small ⓘ why the sea goes out and comes in ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1902 ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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fantasy ⓘ mythic fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Pau Amma the Crab
NERFINISHED
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the Daughter of the Man NERFINISHED ⓘ the Eldest Magician NERFINISHED ⓘ the Man ⓘ the Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMoralElement |
consequences of selfishness
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importance of balance in nature ⓘ |
| hasTargetAgeRange |
early readers
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middle childhood ⓘ |
| includedIn | various children's anthologies ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
myth-like
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whimsical ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Pau Amma
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the Daughter of the Man NERFINISHED ⓘ the Eldest Magician NERFINISHED ⓘ the Man ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | etiological tale ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Macmillan & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Just So Stories for Little Children NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
the primordial world
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the seashore ⓘ |
| theme |
human relationship with nature
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order imposed on chaos ⓘ power and responsibility ⓘ |
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