Hungarian Folk Tales: Brother Fox (S01E07)

The Hungarian Folk Tales stem from original folktale collections, every episode has its special authentic ornamentation. The trio of folk art, folk music and folk tales are masterfully combined in the episodes.

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The fox fools the wolf three times. At first he tells the wolf to place his tail in the icy lake. Its tail freezes, and the wolf has to leave it behind. Then the fox arranges a beating for the wolf in a village. Finally, he makes the wolf carry him a long way, and mocks the poor animal whom he caused all these problems.

Made by the Kecskemét Film Studio.
Directed by: Marcell Jankovics, Elek Lisziák
Storyteller: Gyula Szabó
Music: Kaláka band

The makers used the decorative art of a certain countryside region at each episode. The trio of folk art, folk music and folk tales are masterfully combined in the episodes, which have unique imagery, sometimes spicy folk humor in the dialogues. Thanks to the natural presentation of the storytellers, and the music of the Kaláka band, the viewer can experience something unique and special.

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[TPark-odgl]

This reminds me of a saying: "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me." Except the wolf never learns.

[garynaccarto]

This story really takes the concept the concept of an annoying little brother to a whole other level.

[Sarahzstuff]

“IM GOING TO EAT YOU NOW”
“Nah, lets crash a wedding party”
“....Okay”

[dreamercreations]

Starting to notice a pattern here. Foxes are almost always portrayed as the sly trickster and the wolf is always the one to get in trouble, die, or some other misfortune...







Now if he were blonde he could have avoided all this.

[thevoidcritter]

"They saw the wolf, and they beat him with big sticks"
you just showed a bunch of women SHAPESHIFTING INTO BIRDS BEFORE CHOPPING HIM UP WITH AN AXE

[CrossBorderNerds]

Moral of the story: Don't give your brother a chance to speak before killing and eating him.

[nairda]

Come to think of it the Wolf could have eaten the fox there and then, but didn't.

[oOVanillaMelOo]

« You have cheated me so many times »
Goes ahead and trusts him over and over again 🤦‍♀️

[ptassa]

I hear many people say the lesson of this story is "don't trust the fox", but to me it's more like "don't be like the wolf".

[pangaeus]

This one makes me sad for the wolf. :-( I know wolves were traditionally more despised because they were more dangerous.

[MrAndido]

We have a story similar to that in Romania, called “Ursul pacalit de vulpe.”. It’s a shorter form of this one, and the wolf is a bear instead.

[Manx-lboc]

That is one dumb wolf. No wonder he doesn't have a pack. If he did, that fox would already be in their bellies.

[NessLover]

Now I know why Fox and Wolf are enemies.

[PhongTran-ucmk]

3:50 sick moves! Michael Jackson's got nothing on this fox!

[NealeDeadlyAlien]

Entertaining, endearing and well animated. I love multifarious European folklore!

[GpD]

To be honest, I was kind of hoping the wolf caught the fox.

[thevoidcritter]

Okay, there's a BUNCH of different ATU archetypes in this, so I'm just going to list 'em in the order they appear:
ATU 1: "The Theft of Fish"
ATU 2a: "Tail-Fisher"/"The Torn-Off Tail", although usually stories of this type are about bears
ATU 41: "The Wolf Overeats in the Cellar"
ATU 3: "Simulated Injury" (Possibly, although it's also tied to ATU 4, see below)
ATU 4: "Sick Animal Carries Healthy One"

[BS-yhvg]

I see why people use the phrase as sly as a fox

[kipfaehl]

I love this animation, so charming and well done.

[abrahemsamander]

I love how shaky it gets when the fox gets drunk.