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Comparison Of The Three Billy Gruff
In The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Norway version) and The Three Billy goats (Poland/Germany version) they each are told differently in different countries, but comparing them and finding their differences helps us understand how we tell or folklore stories differently from others today. In many countries they tell folklore stories a lot differently that we do today take The Three Billy goats gruff for example there is three different versions told a lot different from each other. The three different versions are The Norway version the ones that we are use to, the Germany one, and the Poland/Germany I will be comparing the Norway and Poland/Germany version. While these stories are real different from each other they have stuff in common and stuff that is not at all the same.

They compare in multiple ways as if they are made by the same person and could realistically be the same just less
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Like in “Billy Goats Gruff” the Norway version they go up against a troll and in the Poland/Germany one they find a wolf who wants to gobble them up so he can get a good meal. Member not all stories are the same because they can be different from enemies, settings, etc. Theses storys all differ from the setting/place they meet the enemy in Poland/Germany version the wolf was on the mountain waiting for the goats to come down so he could get a good meal out of them. While in the Norway the troll is near his bridge and waits for the goats to pass by so he can gobble them up. These stories compare in many ways and contrast in many ways and these do make sense but hen other countries get ahold of stories they change them in multiple ways so it is not an exact replica when doing this they make a whole new version of the stories and change them to how they want it which makes these different making this

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