The Little Crab (Modern Greek: Τό καβράκι, romanized: To kavráki, German: Der kleine Krebs) is a Modern Greek folktale translated and published by Greek folklorist Georgios A. Megas from a source in Siteia, in 1938. The tale is related to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband, in that a heroine marries a supernatural husband in animal shape, loses him, and has to seek him out.
The Little Crab (Modern Greek: Τό καβράκι, romanized: To kavráki, German: Der kleine Krebs) is a Modern Greek folktale translated and published by Greek folklorist Georgios A. Megas from a source in Siteia, in 1938. The tale is related to the international cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom or The Search for the Lost Husband, in that a heroine marries a supernatural husband in animal shape, loses him, and has to seek him out.
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