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The Honest Woodcutter
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"The Golden Axe" redirects here. For other uses, see Golden Axe (disambiguation).
The Honest Woodcutter, also known as Mercury and the Woodman and The Golden Axe, is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 173 in the Perry Index. It serves as a cautionary tale on the need for cultivating honesty, even at the price of self-interest. It is also classified as Aarne-Thompson 729: The Axe falls into the Stream.[2]
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Folk tale | |
Name | The Honest Woodcutter |
Also known as | Mercury and the Woodman; The Golden Axe |
Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 729 (The Axe falls into the Stream)[1] |
Region | Greece; Worldwide |
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