Everything about Patufet totally explained
Patufet (or
En Patufet) is the main character of one of the most famous
folktales of
Catalan origin.
It's usually presented as a very little kid the size of a
rice grain, wearing a big red
barretina so that his parents can better spot him around the place. He is curious and mischievous, until one day he decides to show the world that he's useful and reliable (according to some versions Patufet was good-natured and hard-working from the beginning).
The first task he sets about to do is to go to the shop to buy some
saffron. Since people can't see him because he's so small, he avoids being trodden on by singing,
» Patim patam patum,
Homes i dones del cap dret, » Patim patam patum,
No trepitgeu en Patufet
(Patim patam patum/ Men and women who come towards me/ Patim patam patum/ Don't tread on Patufet). The people he meets only see a coin that walks and sings but he manages to accomplish his task. Afterwards he decides to go to the farm fields to take lunch to his father. But Patufet isn't lucky this time and gets eaten by an
ox.
His parents go about looking for him, calling
"Patufeeet, on eeets?" (Patufeeet, where are youuu?) and he replies from inside the
ox,
» Sóc a la panxa del bou,
que no hi neva ni plou. » Quan el bou farà un pet,
Sortirà en Patufet!
(I'm in the
ox's tummy/ Where it doesn't snow or rain./ When the ox farts/ Patufet will get out). After a while they hear Patufet's little voice and his mother feeds the ox with herbs that make it fart faster.
This tale can be considered a
coming of age symbol (see References).
En Patufet was also the title of an influential children's magazine in Catalan published from
1904 to
1938, and again from
1968 to
1973.
Today
patufet is a familiar word in
Catalan for a very little kid or for a children's publication.
In
The Triplets series there was a chapter about the "Patufet".
Pitufos, the Spanish name for
the Smurfs, comes from
Patufet.
Further Information
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