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ATU Classification Type | ATU Classification Type | Thompson Motif |
ATU 300 The Dragon-Slayer | AT 300 The Dragon-Slayer | B312.2.2. Helpful animals obtained by exchange. |
B11.2.3.1.2.3.1. Seven-headed dragon. | ||
B11.10.10. Sacrifice of human being to dragon. | ||
T68.1.1. Princess offered as prize to rescuer. | ||
D1975. Dragon-fighter's magic sleep. | ||
D1978.2.2. Waking from magic sleep by letting tear fall on sleeper. | ||
B11.11.11. Fight with dragon. | ||
H105.1.1. Dragon-tongue proof. | ||
K1932. Impostors claim reward (prize) earned by hero | ||
H151.2.2. Attention drawn by helpful animal's theft of food from wedding table; recognition follows. | ||
H83. Rescue tokens. | ||
ATU 301 Three Stolen Princesses | AT 301 Rescuing Three Underground Princesses | H1385.1.1. Quest for stolen princess. |
F102.1.1. Hero shoots monster (or animal) and follows it into lower world. | ||
B631. Human offspring from marriage to animal. | ||
F601. Extraordinary companions. | ||
F451.5.2.5.2. Malevolent dwarf. | ||
F92. Pit entrance to lower world. | ||
F96. Rope to lower world. | ||
R111.2.1.2.1. Princess(es) rescued from lower world. | ||
K1931.2.2. Impostors abandon hero in lower world. | ||
K1933. Impostor forces oath of secrecy. | ||
B322.1.1. Hero feeds own flesh to helpful animal. | ||
H80. Identification by tokens. | ||
Q262. Impostor punished. | ||
L161. Lowly hero marries princess. | ||
ATU 301 Three Stolen Princesses | AT 301A Quest for Vanished Princesses (now ATU 301) | R111.2.1.2.1. Princess(es) rescued from lower world. |
ATU 301 Three Stolen Princesses | AT 301B Strong Man and his Companion Rescue Princesses (now ATU 301) | R111.2.1.2.1. Princess(es) rescued from lower world. |
ATU 301D* Princess's Ring | AT 301D* Dragons Ravish Princesses | T68.1.1. Princess offered as prize to rescuer. |
B11.11.11. Fight with dragon. | ||
H94. Identification by ring. | ||
ATU 302 Ogre's (Devil's) Heart in the Egg | AT 302 The Giant Whose Heart Was In an Egg | E710. External soul. |
B393. Animals grateful for shelter. | ||
B500. Magic power from animals. | ||
D1834. Magic strength from helpful animal. | ||
R11.1.1. Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre). | ||
D152.2.2. Transformation: man to eagle. | ||
D182.2.2. Transformation: man to ant. | ||
K975.2.2. Secret of external soul learned by deception. | ||
B571.1.1. Animals help man overcome monster with external soul. | ||
ATU 302B Life Dependent on a Sword | AT 302B Hero Whose Life in His Sword | E711.10.10. Soul in sword. |
T11.2.2. Love through sight of picture. | ||
ATU 303 The Twins or Blood-Brothers | AT 303 The Blood Brothers | T511.5.1.5.1. Conception from eating fish. |
T589.7.1.7.1. Simultaneous birth of (domestic) animal and child. | ||
E761. Life token. | ||
R111.1.3.1.3. Rescue of princess (maiden) from dragon. | ||
D231. Transformation: man to stone. | ||
K1311.1.1. Husband's twin brother mistaken by woman for her husband. | ||
T351. Sword of chastity | ||
N342.3.3. Jealous and overhasty man kills his rescuing twin brother. * | ||
B512. Medicine shown by animal. | ||
ATU 303A Brothers Seek Sisters as Wives | AT 303A Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | T69.1.1. 100 brothers seek 100 sisters as wives. |
D231. Transformation: man to stone | ||
E715.1.1. Separable soul in bird. | ||
R155.1.1. Youngest brother rescues his elder brothers. | ||
ATU 304 Dangerous Night-Watch | AT 304 The Huntsman | F661.1.1. Skillful marksman shoots meat from giant's hands. |
K912. Robbers' (giants') heads cut off one by one as they enter house. | ||
N711.2.2. Hero finds maiden in (magic) castle. | ||
H81.1.1.1.1. Hero takes token from sleeping princess. | ||
H81. Clandestine lover recognized by tokens. | ||
ATU 305 Dragon's Heart-Blood as Remedy | AT 305 Dragon's Heart-Blood as Remedy |
D1500.1.7.3.3.1.7.3.3. Dragon's heart-blood as remedy.
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ATU 306 The Danced-out Shoes | AT 306 Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces | H508.2.2. Bride offered to man who can find answer to question. |
D1980. Magic invisibility. | ||
K625.1.1. Escape of girl foiled by hero's refusal to take narcotic. | ||
D2131. Magic underground journey. | ||
F1015.1.1.1.1. The danced-out shoes | ||
H80. Identification by tokens. | ||
L161. Lowly hero marries princess. | ||
ATU 307 The Princess in the Coffin | AT 307 The Vampire Princess | C758.1.1. Monster born because of hasty (inconsiderate) wish of parents. |
E251. Vampire. | ||
N825.2.2. Old man helper. | ||
D791.1.7.1.7. Disenchantment at cock crow. | ||
ATU 310 Maiden in the Tower | AT 310 Rapunzel | G279.2.2. Theft from witch. |
S221.1.1. Bankrupt father sells his daughters in marriage to animals. | ||
G204. Girl in service of witch. | ||
R41.2.2. Captivity in tower. | ||
F848.1.1. Girl's long hair as ladder into tower. | ||
F555. Remarkable hair. | ||
N455. Overheard (human) conversation. | ||
D642.7.7. Transformation to elude pursuers. | ||
ATU 311 Rescue by the Sister | AT 311 Heroine Rescues Herself and her Sisters | R11.1.1. Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre). |
C611. Forbidden chamber | ||
C913. Bloody key as sign of disobedience | ||
R157.1.1. Youngest sister rescues elder. | ||
G561. Ogre tricked into carrying his prisoners home in bag on his own back. | ||
K525. Escape by use of substituted object. | ||
ATU 312 Maiden-Killer | AT 312 Bluebeard | C611. Forbidden chamber. |
C920. Death for breaking tabu. | ||
K555. Executioner kept busy or interested until rescue comes. | ||
G551.1.1. Rescue of sister from ogre by brother. | ||
ATU 312D Rescue by the Brother | AT 312D Hero Rescues His Brother and Sister | T511.3.3. Conception from eating vegetable. |
F611.1.1. Strong man's birth | ||
ATU 313 The Magic Flight | AT 313 Girl Helps the Hero Flee | H335.0.1.0.1. Bride helps suitor perform his tasks. |
D1611. Magic object answers for fugitive. | ||
D671. Transformation flight. | ||
D672. Obstacle flight. | ||
D2003. Forgotten fiancée. | ||
D2006.1.1. Forgotten fiancée reawakens husband's memory. | ||
D2006.1.4.1.4. Forgotten fiancée buys place in husband's bed and reawakens his memory. | ||
ATU 314 Goldener | AT 314 The Golden-Haired Boy and His Magic Horse | B316. Abused and pampered horses. |
C912. Hair turns to gold as punishment in forbidden chamber. | ||
K1816.1.1. Gardener disguise | ||
C495.1.1. All questions to be answered, "I don't know" | ||
H75.4.4. Recognition by golden hair. | ||
T91.6.4.6.4. Princess falls in love with lowly boy | ||
T55.1.1. Princess declares her love for lowly hero. | ||
L113.1.0.1.1.0.1. Heroine endures hardships with menial husband. | ||
H56. Recognition by wound. | ||
ATU 315 The Faithless Sister | AT 315 The Treacherous Sister | F615. Strong man evades death. |
K2212.0.2.0.2. Treacherous sister as mistress of robber (giant) plots against brother. | ||
R111.1.1. Princess (maiden) rescued from captor. | ||
L161. Lowly hero marries princess. | ||
ATU 315A The Cannibal Sister | AT 315A Cannibal Sister | G346. Devastating monster. |
R251. Flight on a tree, which ogre tries to cut down. | ||
B524.1.1.1.1. Dogs kill attacking cannibal (dragon). | ||
ATU 316 The Nix of the Mill-Pond | AT 316 The Nixie in the Pond | F420.1.2.1.2. Water-spirit as woman (water-nymph, water-nix). |
S240. Children unwittingly promised (sold) | ||
F420.5.2.2.5.2.2. Water-spirits kidnap mortals and keep them under water. | ||
R152. Wife rescues husband. | ||
ATU 317 The Tree That Grows uo tp the Sky | AT 317 The Princess and the Sky-tree | F54.1.1. Tree stretches to sky. |
B11.11.11. Fight with dragon. | ||
ATU 318 The Faithless Wife | AT 318 The Faithless Wife | K2111. Potiphar's wife. |
ATU 321 Eyes Recovered from Witch | AT 321 Won Back the Eyes from the Witch | D2161.3.1.1.3.1.1. Eyes torn out magically replaced. |
ATU 325 The Magician and his Pupil | AT 325 The Magician and his Pupil | D1711.0.1.0.1. Magician's apprentice |
H161. Recognition of transformed person among identical companions. | ||
L142.2.2. Pupil surpasses magician. | ||
ATU 325* Sorcerer's Apprentice | AT 325* Sorcerer's Apprentice and the Demon | D1711.0.1.0.1. Magician's apprentice |
ATU 326 The Youth Who Wanted to Learn What Fear Is | AT 326 The Youth Who Set Out to Learn Fear | H1376.2.2. Quest: learning what fear is. |
H1441. Fearless hero frightened by being awakened with cold water. | ||
ATU 326A* Soul Released from Torment | AT 326A* Releasing a Soul from Torment | H1411. Fear test: staying in haunted house. |
ATU 326B* The Youth and the Corpse | AT 326B* Robbers Frightened by a Corpse | K335.1.10.1.10. Robbers frightened by pretended cannibalism. |
ATU 327 The Children and the Ogre | AT 327 The Children and the Ogre | |
ATU 327A Hansel and Gretel | AT 327A Hansel and Gretel | S321. Destitute parents abandon children |
R135. Abandoned children (wife, etc.) find way back by clue (bread-crumb, grain, pebble, etc.). | ||
R135.1.1. Crumb (grain) trail eaten by birds. | ||
G412.1.1. Ogre's gingerbread house lures child. | ||
G82. Cannibal fattens victim. | ||
G82.1.1.1.1. Captive sticks out bone instead of finger when cannibal tries to test his fatness. | ||
G512.3.2.3.2. Ogre burned in his own oven. | ||
ATU 327B The Brothers and the Ogre | AT 327B Small Boy Defeats the Ogre | K1611. Substituted caps cause ogre to kill his own children. |
ATU 327C The Devil (Witch) Carries the Hero Home in a Sack | AT 3227C Witch Carries the Boy Home in a Sack | G526. Ogre deceived by feigned ignorance of hero |
G61. Relative's flesh eaten unwittingly. | ||
ATU 327F Witch and the Fisher Boy | AT 327F Witch and the Fisher Boy | K1832. Disguise by changing voice. |
G512.3.2.1.3.2.1. Ogre's wife (daughter) burned in his own oven. | ||
ATU 327G Brothers at the Witch's House | AT 327G Boy Kills the Ogre's Daughter | G512.3.2.1.3.2.1. Ogre's wife (daughter) burned in his own oven. |
K335.1.2.1.1.2.1. Corpse thrown among robbers frightens them from treasure. | ||
ATU 328 Boy Steals the Ogre's Treasure | AT 328 Boy Steals the Ogre's Treasures | H1151. Theft as a task |
H1172. Task: bringing an ogre to court. | ||
H1172. Task: bringing an ogre to court. | ||
ATU 328A Jack and the Beanstalk | AT 328A Jack and the Beanstalk | F54.2.2. Plant grows to sky. |
G84. Fee-fi-fo-fum. | ||
B103.2.1.2.1. Treasure-laying bird. | ||
D1601.18.18. Self-playing musical instruments. | ||
ATU 328A* Three Brothers Steal Back Sun, Moon, and Stars | AT 328A* Three Brothers Restore Sun, Moon, and Stars | |
ATU 329 Hiding from the Princess | AT 329 Hiding from the Princess | H321. Suitor test: hiding from princess |
D641. Transformation to reach difficult place. | ||
ATU 330 The Smith and the Devil | AT 330 The Smith Outwits the Devil | M211. Man sells soul to devil. |
Q115. Reward: any boon that may be asked. | ||
J2071. Three foolish wishes. | ||
Z111.2.2.2.2. Death (demons) glued to chair | ||
K213. Devil pounded in knapsack until he releases man. | ||
Q565. Man admitted to neither heaven nor hell | ||
K2371.1.3.1.3. Heaven entered by trick: "wishing sack" thrown in. | ||
ATU 330 The Smith and the Devil | AT 330* Heaven Entered by a Trick (now ATU 330) | K2371.1.3.1.3. Heaven entered by trick: "wishing sack" thrown in. |
ATU 330 The Smith and the Devil | AT 330A Smith's Three Wishes (now ATU 330) | J2071. Three foolish wishes. |
ATU 330 The Smith and the Devil | AT 330B Devil in the Sack (now ATU 330) | K213. Devil pounded in knapsack until he releases man. |
ATU 330 The Smith and the Devil | AT 330C Winning Cards (now ATU 330) | N221. Man granted power of winning at cards |
ATU 330 The Smith and the Devil | AT 330D Misery Stuck on Earth (now ATU 330) | D1413.1.3.1.3. Fig tree from which one cannot descend |
ATU 331 The Spirit in the Bottle | AT 331 The Demon in the Bottle | R181. Demon enclosed in bottle released. |
K717. Deception into bottle (vessel). | ||
ATU 332 Godfather Death | AT 332 Godfather Death | J486. Death preferred above God and Justice. |
D1825.3.1.3.1. Magic power of seeing Death at head or foot of bed and thus forecasting progress of sickness | ||
K557. Death cheated by moving bed. | ||
ATU 333 Little Red Riding Hood | AT 333 Little Red Riding Hood | J21.5.5. "Do not leave the highway" |
Z18.1.1. What makes your ears so big? -- To hear the better, my child, etc | ||
K2011. Wolf poses as "grandmother" and kills child | ||
F913. Victims rescued from swallower's belly. | ||
Q426. Wolf cut open and filled with stones as punishment. | ||
ATU 333 Little Red Riding Hood | AT 333A Wolf and the Greedy Girl (now ATU 333) | K1044. Dupe induced to eat filth (dung). |
ATU 334 Household of the Witch | AT 334 At the Witch's House | G11.3.3. Cannibal witch |
ATU 335 Death' Messengers | AT 335 Death' Messengers | J1051. Death's three messengers. |
ATU 360 Bargain of the Three Brothers and the Devil | AT 360 The Three Apprentices and the Devil | C495.2.2. "We three" -- "For gold" -- "That is right". |
K217. Devil gets another soul instead of one bargained for.
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ATU 361 Bear-skin | AT 361 The Man Who Did not Wash for Seven Years | M211. Man sells soul to devil. |
C721. Tabu: bathing. | ||
C723.1.1. Tabu: combing hair during certain time. | ||
L54.1.1. Youngest daughter agrees to marry a monster; later the sisters are jealous | ||
ATU 363 The Corpse-Eater | AT 363 The Vampire Suitor | G20. Ghouls. Persons eat corpses. |
ATU 365 Dead Bridegroom Carries off His Bride | AT 365 Dead Bridegroom Claims His Bride | E215. The Dead Rider (Lenore). |
ATU 366 The Man from the Gallows | AT 366 The Corpse Claims it Property | E235.4.4. Return from dead to punish theft of part of corpse. |
ATU Classification Type | AT Classification Type | Thompson Motif |
ATU 400 Man on a Quest for His Lost Wife | AT 400 The Quest for a Lost Bride | H1385.3. Quest for vanished wife (mistress). |
N681. Husband (lover) arrives home just as wife (mistress) is to marry another. | ||
D361.1. Swan Maiden | ||
D721.2. Disenchantment by hiding skin (covering) | ||
D361.1.1. Swan Maiden finds her hidden wings and resumes her form. | ||
D758.1. Disenchantment by three nights' silence under punishment. | ||
AT 400* Swan Maiden (now ATU 400) | B652.1. Marriage to swan-maiden. | |
AT 401 The Girl Transformed into an Animal (now ATU 400) | ||
AT 401A Enchanted Princess in Her Castle (now ATU 400) | ||
ATU 402 The Animal Bride | AT 402 The Animal Bride | H1210.1. Quest assigned by father. |
H1242. Youngest brother alone succeeds on quest. | ||
H1301.1. Quest for the most beautiful bride. | ||
D711. Disenchantment by decapitation. | ||
ATU 402A* Princess Transformed into a Toad | AT 402A* Serpent Princess | D735. Disenchantment by kiss. |
ATU 403 The Black and the White Bride | AT 403 The Black and the White Bride | S31. Cruel stepmother. |
H1023.3. Task: bringing berries (fruit, roses) in winter. | ||
D1860. Magic beautification. | ||
D1454.2. Treasure falls from mouth. | ||
D1870. Magic hideousness | ||
M431.2. Curse: toads from mouth. | ||
S432. Cast-off wife thrown into water. | ||
K1911. The false bride (substituted bride) | ||
D161.2. Transformation: man to goose. | ||
Q261. Treachery punished. | ||
ATU 405 Jorinde and Joringel | AT 405 Jorinde and Joringel | D683.2. Transformation by witch (sorceress). |
D771. Disenchantment by use of magic object. | ||
ATU 407 The Girl as a Flower | AT 407 The Girl as a Flower | D212. Transformation: man (woman) to flower. |
D711.4. Disenchantment from flower by breaking stalk. | ||
T100. Marriage. | ||
ATU 407 The Girl as a Flower | AT 407A Myrtle Child (now ATU 407) | |
ATU 407 The Girl as a Flower | AT 407B Woman who Married Death (now ATU 407) | |
ATU 408 The Three Oranges | AT 408 The Love of Three Oranges | S375. Old woman's maledictions inform abandoned hero of his parentage and future. |
D721.5. Disenchantment from fruit (flower) by opening it. | ||
J1791. Reflection in water thought to be the original of the thing reflected. | ||
K1911.2.2. True bride pushed into water by false. | ||
D610. Repeated transformation. | ||
K1911.3. Reinstatement of true bride. | ||
ATU 409 The Girl as Wolf | AT 409 The Girl as Wolf | D113.1. Transformation: man to wolf. |
D721. Disenchantment by removing skin (or covering) | ||
Q261. Treachery punished | ||
ATU 409A The Girl as Goat | AT 409A The Chicken Bride | T554. Woman gives birth to animal. |
ATU 410 Sleeping Beauty | AT 410 Sleeping Beauty | B211.7.1. Speaking frog. |
F361.1.1. Fairy takes revenge for not being invited to feast. | ||
G269.4. Curse by disappointed witch. | ||
M341.2.13. Prophecy: death through spindle wound. | ||
M370. Vain attempts to escape fulfillment of prophecy. | ||
D1364.17. Spindle causes magic sleep. | ||
D1967.1. Person in magic sleep surrounded by protecting hedge | ||
N711.2. Hero finds maiden in (magic) castle. | ||
D1978.5. Waking from magic sleep by kiss. | ||
ATU 412 Maiden with a Separable Soul in a Necklace | AT 412 Girl Whose Soul was in her Necklace | E711.4. Soul in necklace. |
ATU 413 Stolen Clothing | AT 413 Marriage by Stealing Clothing | Z211. Dreadnaughts - do something warned against |
K1335. Seduction (or wooing) by stealing clothes of bathing girl (swan maiden). | ||
C311. Tabu: seeing the supernatural. | ||
E121.5. Resuscitation by holy man (priest, etc.). | ||
ATU 425A The Animal as Bridegroom | AT 425A Animal Bridegroom | L221. Modest request: present from the journey |
S241. Child unwittingly promised: "first thing you meet." | ||
C757.1. Tabu: destroying animal skin of enchanted person too soon. | ||
C32.1. Tabu: looking at supernatural husband. | ||
C32.1. Tabu: looking at supernatural husband. | ||
H1385.4. Quest for vanished husband. | ||
H1232. Directions on quest given by sun, moon, wind, and stars. | ||
Q482.1. Princess serves as menial. | ||
D2006.1.4. Forgotten fiancée buys place in husband's bed and reawakens his memory. | ||
ATU 425C Beauty and the Beast | AT 425C Beauty and the Beast | L221. Modest request: present from the journey. |
C761.2. Tabu: staying too long at home. | ||
D735.1. Beauty and the beast. disenchantment by kiss | ||
ATU 425D The Vanished Husband | AT 425D Wife finds her Lost Husband by Keeping an Inn | C932. Loss of wife (husband) for breaking tabu. |
H11.1.1. Recognition at inn (hospital, etc.) where all must tell their life histories. | ||
ATU 425D The Vanished Husband | AT 425F The Thieving Bird (now ATU 425D) | D150. Transformation: man to bird. |
D753. Disenchantment by accomplishment of tasks | ||
ATU 425A The Animal as Bridegroom | AT 425G Servant Takes the Sleeping Heroines Place (now ATU 425A) | |
ATU 425B Son of the Witch | AT 425J Heroine Serves in Hell for her Bridegroom (now ATU 425B) | Cupid and Psyche |
ATU 425E Enchanted Husband Sings Lullaby | AT 425L Husband with a Lock in his Navel (now ATU 425E) | C611. †C611. Forbidden chamber. |
ATU 425B Son of the Witch | AT 425N Bird Husband (now ATU 425B) | NA |
ATU 426 Two Girls, the Bear, and the Dwarf ( Snow White and Rose Red) | AT 426 Two Girls, the Bear, and the Dwarf | F451.5.2.1. Ungrateful dwarf. |
D763. Disenchantment by destroying enchanter. | ||
ATU 430 Donkey | AT 430 Donkey Bridegroom | T554. Woman gives birth to animal. |
641.4. Marriage to person in ass form. | ||
D721.3. Disenchantment by destroying skin (covering). | ||
ATU 431 The House in the Forest | AT 431 The House in the Forest | D1890. Magic aging. |
Q2. Kind and unkind. | ||
L54. Compassionate youngest daughter. | ||
L162. Lowly heroine marries prince (king). | ||
ATU 432 The Prince as a Bird | AT 432 The Prince as a Bird | L221. Modest request: present from the journey |
D641.1. Lover as bird visits mistress. | ||
K2212.1. Treacherous stepsisters. | ||
S181. Wounding by trapping with sharp knives (glass). | ||
K1837. Disguise of woman in man's clothes. | ||
H1385.5. Quest for vanished lover. | ||
N452. Secret remedy overheard in conversation of animals (witches). | ||
N452. Secret remedy overheard in conversation of animals (witches). | ||
ATU 433B King Lindorm | AT 433A Serpent Carries his Bride to His Castle (now ATU 433B) | T554.7. Woman gives birth to a snake. |
433B King Lindorm | AT 433B King Lindorm | D766. Disenchantment by liquid. |
Transformation: man to bird | ||
ATU 434 Stolen Jewelry | AT 434 Stolen Mirror | T24.1. Love-sickness. |
H1385.5. Quest for vanished lover. | ||
H1233.1. Old person as helper on quest. | ||
D700. Person disenchanted. | ||
ATU 440 The Frog King or Iron Henry | AT 440 The Frog King | C41.2. Tabu: letting ball fall into water. |
B211.7.1. Speaking frog. | ||
S215.1. Girl promises herself to animal suitor. | ||
D789. Other means of disenchantment. | ||
F875. Iron bands around heart to keep it from breaking. | ||
ATU 441 Hans My Hedgehog | AT 441 Hans My Hedgehog | C758.1. Monster born because of hasty (inconsiderate) wish of parents. |
T554. Woman gives birth to animal. | ||
S226. Child promised to devil for directions out of woods when father is lost. | ||
B641.5. Marriage to person in hedgehog form. | ||
D721.3. Disenchantment by destroying skin (covering). | ||
ATU 442 The Old Woman in the Forest | AT 442 The Old Woman in the Forest | D1076. Magic ring. |
D431.2. Transformation: tree to person. | ||
L162. Lowly heroine marries prince (king). | ||
ATU 444* Enchanted Prince Disenchanted | AT 444D* Cat Husband (now ATU 444*) | NA |
ATU 444* Enchanted Prince Disenchanted | AT 444* Enchanted Princes | D100. Transformation: man to animal. |
D700. Person disenchanted. | ||
ATU 449 Sidi Numan | AT 449 The Queen's Dog | D141. Transformation: man to dog |
D700. Person disenchanted. | ||
D132.1. Transformation: man to ass. (woman) | ||
ATU 450 Little Brother and Little Sister | AT 450 Little Brother, Little Sister | S31. Cruel stepmother. |
D555. Transformation by drinking. | ||
D114.1.1. Transformation: man to deer. | ||
P253.2. Sister faithful to transformed brother. | ||
N711.1. King (prince) finds maiden in woods (tree) and marries her. | ||
K1911.1.2. False bride takes true bride's place when child is born. | ||
D150. Transformation: man to bird. | ||
D688. Transformed mother suckles child. | ||
H13. Recognition by overheard conversation (usually with animals or objects). | ||
451 The Maiden who Seeks Her Brothers | AT 451 The Brothers who were Turned into Birds | P253.0.5. One sister and six (seven, eleven, twelve) brothers. |
P253.2. Sister faithful to transformed brother. | ||
D161.1. Transformation: man to swan | ||
D758. Disenchantment by maintaining silence | ||
D753.1. Disenchantment by sewing shirts for enchanted brothers. | ||
K2116.1.1. Innocent woman accused of killing her new-born children. |
ATU Classification Type | AT Classification Type | Thompson Motif |
ATU 460A Journey to God (Fortune) | AT 461A Man Journeys to God Seeking Advice (now ATU 460A) | J1262.5. †J1262.5. Parishioner hears preacher say that alms are returned "100 to 1". |
H1291. †H1291. Questions asked on way to other world. | ||
H1292. †H1292. Answers found in other world to questions propounded on the way. | ||
ATU 460B Journey in Search of Fortune | AT 460B Journey in Search of Luck | H1281. †H1281. Quest to Fortune to seek fortune. |
N127.0.1. †N127.0.1. Different kinds of luck attending persons born on the several days of the week. | ||
ATU 461 Three Hairs from the Devil's Beard | AT 461 Three Hairs from the Devil | H1273.2. †H1273.2. Quest for three hairs from devil's beard. |
H1291. †H1291. Questions asked on way to other world. | ||
G530.1. †G530.1. Help from ogre's wife (mistress). | ||
Q521.5. †Q521.5. Penance: ferryman setting people over a stream until relieved by another. | ||
A1111. †A1111. Impounded water. | ||
P413.1.1. †P413.1.1. Ferryman puts oar into king's hand and he must remain ferryman. | ||
ATU 460A Journey to God | AT 461A Man Journeys to God Seeking Advice (now ATU 460A) | |
ATU 462 The Outcast Queens and the Ogress Queen | AT 462 The Outcast Queens and the Ogress Queen | G405. †G405. Man on hunt falls into ogre's (witch's) power. |
G264. †G264. La Belle Dame Sans Merci. | ||
S435. †S435. Cast-off wife abandoned in pit. | ||
S438. †S438. Abandoned queen blinded. | ||
L71. †L71. Only the youngest of group of imprisoned women refuses to eat her newborn child. | ||
K511. †K511. Uriah letter changed. Falsified order of execution | ||
ATU 465 Man Persecuted because of his Beautiful Wife | AT 465 King Tries to Steal Poor Man's Wife | B642. †B642. Marriage to person in bird form |
D721.3. †D721.3. Disenchantment by destroying skin (covering). | ||
H911. †H911. Tasks assigned at suggestion of jealous rivals. | ||
H931. †H931. Tasks assigned in order to get rid of hero | ||
H1335. †H1335. Quest for the living harp. | ||
H1090. †H1090. Tasks requiring miraculous speed. | ||
H1023.3. †H1023.3. Task: bringing berries (fruit, roses) in winter. | ||
H1233.2.1. †H1233.2.1. Quest accomplished with aid of wife. | ||
H931. †H931. Tasks assigned in order to get rid of hero | ||
ATU 465 Man Persecuted because of his Beautiful Wife | AT 465A Quest for the Unknown (now ATU 465) | |
ATU 465 Man Persecuted because of his Beautiful Wife | AT 465B Quest for the Living Harp (now ATU 465) | |
ATU 465 Man Persecuted because of his Beautiful Wife | AT 465C Journey to the Other World (now ATU 465) | |
ATU 317 The Tree That Grows uo tp the Sky | AT 468 Princess in the Tree that Reached the Sky (now ATU 317) | F54.1. †F54.1. Tree stretches to sky |
ATU 317 The Tree That Grows uo tp the Sky | AT 468 Princess in the Tree that Reached the Sky (now ATU 317) | B11.11. †B11.11. Fight with dragon. |
ATU 470 Friends in Life and Death | AT 470 Friends in Life and Death | M253. †M253. Friends in life and death. |
E238. †E238. Dinner with the dead. | ||
F171.2. †F171.2. Broad and narrow road in otherworld. | ||
F171.1. †F171.1. Fat and lean kine in otherworld. | ||
D2011. †D2011. Years thought days | ||
ATU 470A The Offended Skull | AT 470A Skeleton Invited to Dinner | E238. †E238. Dinner with the dead |
C13. †C13. The offended skull (statue) (Festin de Pierre). | ||
ATU 470B Land Where No One Dies | AT 470* Returning from the Land of the Immortals (now ATU 470B) | F116. †F116. Journey to the Land of the Immortals. |
ATU 471 The Bridge to the Otherworld | AT 471 The Bridge to the Other World | H1385.6. †H1385.6. Quest for lost sister |
H1251. †H1251. Quest to other world for samples of magic animals' food. | ||
E481.2.1. †E481.2.1. Bridge to land of dead. | ||
F171. †F171. Extraordinary sights in otherworld. | ||
F171.3. †F171.3. People and things that strike one another in otherworld. | ||
F171.5. †F171.5. Animals in otherworld pass in and out of church and become human beings | ||
F171.0.1. †F171.0.1. Enigmatic happenings in otherworld, which are later explained. | ||
R155.1. †R155.1. Youngest brother rescues his elder brothers | ||
ATU 471A Monk and the Bird | AT 471A Bird Turns Centuries into Minutes | D2011.1. †D2011.1. Years seem moments while man listens to song of bird. |
ATU 475 The Man as Heater of Hell's Kettle | AT 475 Heating Hell's Kitchen | M210. †M210. Bargain with devil. |
C721.1. †C721.1. Tabu: bathing during certain time. | ||
C325. †C325. Tabu: looking into the pots in hell. | ||
D475.1. †D475.1. Transformation: objects to gold | ||
D861.1. †D861.1. Magic object stolen by host (at inn.) | ||
D885. †D885. Magic object recovered with devil's help | ||
ATU 476* In the Frog's House | AT 476* Midwife or Godmother for the Elves | |
ATU 476** Midwife in the Underworld | AT 476** Midwife in the Underworld | B81.6. †B81.6. Mermaid has human midwife. |
F372.1. †F372.1. Fairies take human midwife to attend fairy woman. | ||
D475.1. †D475.1. Transformation: objects to gold. | ||
ATU 480 The Kind and the Unkind Girls | AT 480 The Kind and the Unkind Girls | Q2. †Q2. Kind and unkind |
S31. †S31. Cruel stepmother. | ||
H934.3. †H934.3. Tasks assigned by stepmother. | ||
N791. †N791. Adventures from pursuing object carried off by river. | ||
H935. †H935. Witch assigns tasks | ||
Q41.2. †Q41.2. Reward for cleansing loathsome person. | ||
L211. †L211. Modest choice: three caskets type. | ||
Q41. †Q41. Politeness rewarded. | ||
D1860. †D1860. Magic beautification. |
ATU 500 Name of the Supernatural Helper | AT 500 Guessing the Helper's Name (Rumpelstiltskin) | H914. †H914. Tasks assigned because of mother's foolish boasting |
H1021.8. †H1021.8. Task: spinning gold. | ||
D2183. †D2183. Magic spinning | ||
H521. †H521. Test: guessing unknown propounder's name | ||
S222.1. †S222.1. Woman promises her unborn child to appease offended witch. | ||
N475. †N475. Secret name overheard by eavesdropper. | ||
C432.1. †C432.1. Guessing name of supernatural creature gives power over him | ||
ATU 501 The Three Old Spinning Women | AT 501 Three Old Spinning Women | H914. †H914. Tasks assigned because of mother's foolish boasting |
H1092. †H1092. Task: spinning impossible amount in one night. | ||
G201.1. †G201.1. Three witches (hags) deformed from much spinning. | ||
G244. †G244. Witch spins. | ||
ATU 502 The Wild Man | AT 502 The Wild Man as Helper | G671. †G671. Wild man released from captivity aids hero. |
R222. †R222. Unknown knight. | ||
ATU 503 Gifts of the Little People | AT 503 Hunchbacks and the Elves | F331.1. †F331.1. Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by joining in their dance. |
F331.3. †F331.3. Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by joining in their song and completing it by adding the names of the days of the week. | ||
F344.1. †F344.1. Fairies remove hunchback's hump (or replace it). | ||
AT 504 Changeling (new Ashlimann category | ||
ATU 505 Grateful dead | AT 505 Grateful dead | 503 Hunchback and the Elves |
E341. †E341. The grateful dead. | ||
M241. †M241. Bargain: to divide all winnings. | ||
H972. †H972. Tasks accomplished with help of grateful dead. | ||
M241.1. †M241.1. Dividing the winnings: half of the bride demanded. | ||
ATU 505 Grateful dead | AT 506 The Grateful Dead Helps save the Princess (now ATU 505) | |
ATU 507 The Monster's Bride | AT 507A Grateful Dead Helps Rescue the Ogre's Bride (now ATU 507) | H322.1. †H322.1. Suitor test: finding object hidden by princess |
H972. †H972. Tasks accomplished with help of grateful dead. | ||
T172.2.1. †T172.2.1. Grateful dead man kills princess's monster husband. | ||
T172.0.1. †T172.0.1. All husbands have perished on bridal night. | ||
ATU 505 Grateful dead | AT 508 The Bride Won in a Tournement (now ATU 505) | |
ATU 510A Cinderella | AT 510A Cinderella | S31. †S31. Cruel stepmother. |
L55. †L55. Stepdaughter heroine | ||
B450. †B450. Helpful birds | ||
D1050.1. †D1050.1. Clothes produced by magic | ||
N815. †N815. Fairy as helper. | ||
N711.6. †N711.6. Prince sees heroine at ball and is enamored. | ||
C761.3. †C761.3. Tabu: staying too long at ball. | ||
F823.2. †F823.2. Glass shoes | ||
H36.1. †H36.1. Slipper test. | ||
K1911.3.3.1. †K1911.3.3.1. False bride's mutilated feet. | ||
ATU 510B Peau d'Asne | AT 510B King Tries to Marry His Daughter | M255. †M255. Deathbed promise concerning the second wife. |
T411.1. †T411.1. Lecherous father | ||
T311.1. †T311.1. Flight of maiden (bridegroom) to escape marriage. | ||
K521.1. †K521.1. Escape by dressing in animal (bird, human) skin. | ||
N711.6. †N711.6. Prince sees heroine at ball and is enamored. | ||
R255. †R255. Formula for girl fleeing: behind me night, etc. | ||
H151.5. †H151.5. Attention attracted by hints dropped by heroine as menial: recognition follows. | ||
H94.2. †H94.2. Identification by ring baked in bread. | ||
ATU 511 One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes | AT 511 One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes | S31. †S31. Cruel stepmother. |
B535.0.1. †B535.0.1. Cow as nurse cares for children. | ||
F512.1. †F512.1. Person with one eye. | ||
F512.2.1.1. †F512.2.1.1. Three-eyed person. | ||
D830.1. †D830.1. Attempt to learn about magic object by spying. | ||
B100.1. †B100.1. Treasure found in slain helpful animal. | ||
D1470.2.1. †D1470.2.1. Provisions received from magic tree. | ||
H31.12. †H31.12. Only one man is able to pluck fruits from tree. | ||
L162. †L162. Lowly heroine marries prince (king). | ||
ATU 511 One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes | AT 511A Little Ox (now ATU 511) | |
ATU 513A Six Go Through the Whole World | AT 513A Six Go Through the World | F601. †F601. Extraordinary companions. |
F681.1. †F681.1. Marvelous runner keeps leg tied up. | ||
F632. †F632. Mighty eater | ||
F641. †F641. Person of remarkable hearing. | ||
F621. †F621. Strong man: tree-puller. | ||
F661.5.3. †F661.5.3. Skillful marksman shoots left eye of fly at two miles. | ||
D2144.1.2. †D2144.1.2. Man with power to make everything freeze. | ||
H331.5.1. †H331.5.1. Race with princess for her hand. | ||
H1142. †H1142. Task: drinking enormous amount. | ||
H1511. †H1511. Heat test. | ||
H1127. †H1127. Task: carrying off huge quantity of money. | ||
ATU 513B Land and Water Ship | AT 513B Land and Water Ship | H331. †H331. Suitor contests: bride offered as prize. |
D1533.1.1. †D1533.1.1. Magic land and water ship. | ||
N825.2. †N825.2. Old man helper. | ||
F601. †F601. Extraordinary companions. | ||
F601.2. †F601.2. Extraordinary companions help hero in suitor tests. | ||
L161. †L161. Lowly hero marries princess. | ||
ATU 531 The Clever Horse | AT 513C Hunter's Son (now ATU 531) | NA |
ATU 514 The Shift of Sex | AT 514 Girl Turns Into Man | K1837. †K1837. Disguise of woman in man's clothes |
D11. †D11. Transformation woman to man. | ||
ATU 514** Young Woman Disguised as Man is Wooed by Queen | AT 514** Young Woman Disguised as Man is Wooed by Queen | K1837. †K1837. Disguise of woman in man's clothes |
K1825.1. †K1825.1. Disguise as doctor. | ||
K2111. †K2111. Potiphar's wife. | ||
F954. †F954. Dumb person brought to speak. | ||
L162. †L162. Lowly heroine marries prince (king). | ||
ATU 516 Faithful John | AT 516 Faithful John | T11.3. †T11.3. Love through dream. |
P361. †P361. Faithful servant. | ||
K1332. †K1332. Seduction by taking aboard ship to inspect wares. | ||
B211.3. †B211.3. Speaking bird. | ||
N451. †N451. Secrets overheard from animal (demon) conversation. | ||
H1515. †H1515. Poisoned food test. | ||
T172.2. †T172.2. Bridal chamber invaded by magic dragon (serpent). | ||
N342.1. †N342.1. Faithful servant guarding master's wife from danger falsely condemned for betraying his master. | ||
C423.4. †C423.4. Tabu: uttering secrets heard from spirits. | ||
C961.2. †C961.2. Transformation to stone for breaking tabu. | ||
D766.2. †D766.2. Disenchantment by application of blood. | ||
S268. †S268. Child sacrificed to provide blood for cure of friend. | ||
ATU 516C Amicus and Amelius | AT 516C Saint James of Galacia | S268. †S268. Child sacrificed to provide blood for cure of friend. |
ATU 517 The Boy and the Bird-language | AT 517 The Boy Who Understood Birds | B215.1. †B215.1. Bird language. |
B143.1. †B143.1. Bird gives warning. | ||
M312. †M312. Prophecy of future greatness for youth. | ||
M373. †M373. Expulsion to avoid fulfillment of prophecy. | ||
N682. †N682. Prophecy of future greatness fulfilled when hero returns home unknown. | ||
ATU 518 Men Fight over Magic Objects | AT 518 Quarreling Giants Lose their Magic Objects | D1361.12. †D1361.12. Magic cloak of invisibility |
D832. †D832. Magic objects acquired by acting as umpire for fighting heirs. | ||
D1521.1. †D1521.1. Seven-league boots. | ||
D1520.19. †D1520.19. Magic transportation by carpet. | ||
D832. †D832. Magic objects acquired by acting as umpire for fighting heirs. |
ATU 519 The Strong Woman as Bride (Brunhilde) | AT 519 Brunhilde, the Strong Bride | T58. †T58. Wooing the strong and beautiful bride. |
H345.1. †H345.1. Suitor test: lifting strong princess's giant weapon. | ||
H345.2. †H345.2. Suitor test: riding strong princess's horse. | ||
H345. †H345. Suitor test: overcoming princess in strength. | ||
T173.1. †T173.1. Strong bride tries to stifle husband in bed. | ||
K1844.1. †K1844.1. Husband has his strong servant substitute in bed with strong wife. | ||
Q451.2. †Q451.2. Laming as punishment. | ||
D1500.1.18. †D1500.1.18. Magic healing water. | ||
R169.4. †R169.4. Hero rescued by servant. | ||
ATU 530 Princess on the Glass Mountain | AT 530 Princess on the Glass Mountain | H1471. †H1471. Watch for devastating monster |
B315. †B315. Animal helpful after being conquered. | ||
B401. †B401. Helpful horse | ||
H331.1.1. †H331.1.1. Suitor contest: riding up glass mountain. | ||
H80. †H80. Identification by tokens. | ||
ATU 531 The Clever Horse | AT 531 Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful | H1381.2.2.1. †H1381.2.2.1. Son seeks unknown father. |
B211.1.3. †B211.1.3. Speaking horse. | ||
B401. †B401. Helpful horse. | ||
B341. †B341. Helpful animal's injunctions disobeyed. | ||
K1934. †K1934. Impostor forces hero (heroine) to change places with him (her). | ||
B350. †B350. Grateful animals. | ||
H1213.1. †H1213.1. Quest for princess caused by sight of one of her hairs dropped by a bird (or floating on river) | ||
H911. †H911. Tasks assigned at suggestion of jealous rivals | ||
E15.1. †E15.1. Resuscitation by boiling. | ||
J2411.1. †J2411.1. Imitation of magic rejuvenation unsuccessful. | ||
B313. †B313. Helpful animal an enchanted person. | ||
ATU 532* Magic Ox | AT 532* God's Godson | B411.2. †B411.2. Helpful ox. |
ATU 533 Speaking Horsehead | AT 533 Goosegirl | K2252. †K2252. Treacherous maidservant. |
K1911.1.1. †K1911.1.1. False bride takes true bride's place on the way to the wedding. | ||
K1934. †K1934. Impostor forces hero (heroine) to change places with him (her). | ||
K1933. †K1933. Impostor forces oath of secrecy. | ||
K1816.5. †K1816.5. Disguise as goose-girl (turkey-girl). | ||
B335. †B335. Helpful animal killed by hero's enemy. | ||
B133.3. †B133.3. Speaking horse-head. | ||
H13.2.7. †H13.2.7. Recognition by overheard conversation with stove. | ||
ATU 404 Blinded Bride | AT 533* Snake Helper (now ATU 404) | D1454.2. †D1454.2. Treasure falls from mouth. |
S31. †S31. Cruel stepmother. | ||
S165. †S165. Mutilation: putting out eyes. | ||
K1911.1.1. †K1911.1.1. False bride takes true bride's place on the way to the wedding. | ||
E781.2. †E781.2. Eyes bought back and replaced. | ||
H35. †H35. Recognition by unique manner of performing an act. | ||
ATU 545A The Cat Castle | AT 545A The Cat Castle | N411.1.1. †N411.1.1. Cat as sole inheritance. |
B211.1.8. †B211.1.8. Speaking cat. | ||
B422. †B422. Helpful cat | ||
F771.4.1. †F771.4.1. Castle inhabited by ogres. | ||
G510. †G510. Ogre killed, maimed, or captured. | ||
D711. †D711. Disenchantment by decapitation. | ||
ATU 545B Puss In Boots | AT 545B Puss-In-Boots | B211.1.8. †B211.1.8. Speaking cat. |
B580. †B580. Animal helps men to wealth and greatness. | ||
B582.1.1. †B582.1.1. Animal wins wife for his master (Puss in Boots). | ||
K1917.3. †K1917.3. Penniless wooer: helpful animal reports master wealthy and thus wins girl for him | ||
K1952.1.1. †K1952.1.1. Poor boy said by helpful animal to be dispossessed prince (wealthy man) who has lost clothes while swimming (in shipwreck). | ||
F771.4.1. †F771.4.1. Castle inhabited by ogres | ||
D711. †D711. Disenchantment by decapitation. | ||
ATU 545D* Pea King | AT 545D* Bean King | |
ATU 546 The Clever Parrot | AT 546 Parrot Helpd Hero Win Princess | B469.9. †B469.9. Helpful parrot. |
ATU 550 Bird, Horse, and Princess | AT 550 Quest for the Golden Bird | H1331.1. †H1331.1. Quest for marvelous bird. |
L13. †L13. Compassionate youngest son | ||
B313. †B313. Helpful animal an enchanted person. | ||
B560. †B560. Animals advise men. | ||
B184.1. †B184.1. Magic horse | ||
N711.3. †N711.3. Hero finds maiden in (magic) garden. | ||
B435.1. †B435.1. Helpful fox. | ||
H1242. †H1242. Youngest brother alone succeeds on quest. | ||
W154.12.3. †W154.12.3. Ungrateful brothers plot against rescuer. | ||
K1932. †K1932. Impostors claim reward (prize) earned by hero. | ||
L161. †L161. Lowly hero marries princess. | ||
ATU 551 The Water of Life | AT 551 Quest for the Water of Life | H1321.1. †H1321.1. Quest for Water of Life (water which will resuscitate). |
H1210.1. †H1210.1. Quest assigned by father | ||
N825.2. †N825.2. Old man helper. | ||
H1242. †H1242. Youngest brother alone succeeds on quest. | ||
N711.3. †N711.3. Hero finds maiden in (magic) garden. | ||
T475.2. †T475.2. Hero lies by princess in magic sleep and begets child | ||
H81.1. †H81.1. Hero lies by sleeping girl and leaves identification token with her. | ||
K2211. †K2211. Treacherous brother. | ||
W154.12.3. †W154.12.3. Ungrateful brothers plot against rescuer. | ||
K1932. †K1932. Impostors claim reward (prize) earned by hero | ||
H1381.2.1. †H1381.2.1. Woman seeks unknown father of her child. | ||
H80. †H80. Identification by tokens. | ||
L161. †L161. Lowly hero marries princess. | ||
ATU 552 Girls Who Married Animals | AT 552 Girls Who Married Animals | S221.1. †S221.1. Bankrupt father sells his daughters in marriage to animals. |
B640. †B640. Marriage to person in animal form. | ||
D621.1. †D621.1. Animal by day; man by night. | ||
B501. †B501. Animal gives part of body as talisman for summoning its aid. | ||
ATU 554 The Grateful Animals | AT 553 The Bird Helper (now ATU 554) | NA |
B582.2. †B582.2. Animals help hero win princess. | ||
B571. †B571. Animals perform tasks for man. | ||
H982. †H982. Animals help man perform task. | ||
ATU 555 The Fisherman and his Wife, | AT 555 The Fisherman and his Wife, | B170. †B170. Magic birds, fish, reptiles, etc. |
B375.1. †B375.1. Fish returned to water: grateful. | ||
D1761.0.1. †D1761.0.1. Wishes granted without limit. | ||
C773.1. †C773.1. Tabu: making unreasonable requests. | ||
J514. †J514. One should not be too greedy. | ||
Q338. †Q338. Immoderate request punished. | ||
ATU 559 Dungbeetle | AT 559 Making the Princess Laugh | T68. †T68. Princess offered as prize. |
F591. †F591. Person who never laughs | ||
H341. †H341. Suitor test: making princess laugh. | ||
H982. †H982. Animals help man perform task. | ||
B571. †B571. Animals perform tasks for man | ||
B582.2. †B582.2. Animals help hero win princess. | ||
T171. †T171. Bridegroom driven from bridal chamber by magic. | ||
L161. †L161. Lowly hero marries princess. |