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Aarne–Thompson–Uther index
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The ATU index classifies international folktales by type. Each row gives the type number, its title and summary, followed by the references it inherits: Arne Thompson is the earlier Aarne–Thompson type number, and Thompson lists the motif references from Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature associated with that type.
Cross-references inside a summary open the relevant tale-type or motif record. Thompson motif references in the final column are linked directly to the corresponding entry in the Stith Thompson Motif Index when that reference exists in the database. Any column heading can be clicked to sort by it, and clicking again reverses the order. Following a type number opens that type on its own page.
| ATU | Title | Summary | Arne Thompson ▲ | Thompson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 922 | The king and the abbot | Falsely accused minister reinstates himself by his cleverness [K2101, P111]. Cf. Type 981. | , 922 | H512., H541.1., H561.2., H634., H681.1., H691.1., H696.1., H701.1., H702., H703., H705.1., H705.2., H711.1., H713.1., H797., K1961., Q113.4. |
| 923 | Loving the Salt | The youngest of three daughters says that she loves her father like salt. The sick father is driven forth, etc. [592.1]. See analysis of Type 510: I c; II a; III c; V. | , 923 | H592.1., M21. |
| 924 | Discussion by sign language | No examples in the Database yet | , 924 | H607.1., J1804. |
| 926 | Judgment of Solomon | Two women claim a child. Judge offers to cut it in two. The real mother refuses. [J1171.1]. | , 926, 926C | J1141., J1141.1., J1141.1.4., J1154.2., J1171.1., J1172.1., J1179.6. |
| 927 | Out-riddling the judge | The accused is set free when the judge cannot solve the riddles propounded to him. The riddles: (a) what has seven tongues in one head? (bird's nest with seven young found in a horse's head); (b) formerly I was a daughter, now I am a mother; (c) or… | , 927 | H542., H792., H793., H804., H805., H806., H807. |
| 930 | The Prediction | Cf. Types 461, 1525R*. I. The Prophecy. (a) It is foretold that a poor boy is to become the king's son-in-law. II. Sale and Abandonment. (a) The king buys the boy from his parents. (b) He abandons the boy in a box on a river (or in a forest). (c) He… | , 930, 930A | H51., K1355., K511., K978., M312.1., M312.1.1., M359.2., M370., N101., R131., S115.2., S143., T22.2. |
| 931 | Oedipus | As foretold by the prophecy, the hero kills his father and marries his mother. | , 931 | M343., M371.2., N323., R131., S354., T412. |
| 935 | The Prodigal's Return | The fortunate marriage and the visit home. The youngest of three brothers [L10] is a prodigal [N172]. He goes abroad as a soldier and swindles his father into sending him money. Through cleverness he makes his fortune and marries the princess [L161].… | , 935 | K1815., K1837., L161. |
| 938 | Placidas | He is converted by a vision. All his goods are destroyed, his wife seized by a ship captain, his young sons carried off by a lion and a bear [N251]. He finally recovers them all [N121]. | , 938 | J214., N251. |
| 945 | Luck and Intelligence. Which is More Powerful? | Test: peasant who has intelligence in his head is brought to court. Luck saves trim. I. Introduction. (a) Intelligence end Luck dispute as to which is the more powerful. (b) As a test a gardener is endowed with intelligence. II. The Wooden Doll. (a)… | , 945 | D435.1.1., F1023., F954.2.1., H343., H621., N141., Z16.1. |
| 950 | Rhampsinitus | Rhampsinitus. The theft in the treasury (bank). The head of one of the thieves cut off. The other thief (brother) sought in vain. The lamentation of the relatives betrays the thief, etc. Cf. Type 1525. I. Theft from the treasury. (a) The king's… | , 950 | H58., J1142.4., J1143., K315.1., K332., K407.1., K415., K425., K730. |
| 952 | The King and the Soldier | A soldier prepares to testify before the king against his superior officer. Accompanies the king, whom he does not know, to the robbers' house [K1812.1]. The soldier kills the robbers (or renders them harmless) [N884.1]. The robbers are usually… | , 952 | D2072., K1812.1., K422., N884.1. |
| 953 | The Old Robber Relates Three Adventures | The old robber relates three adventures to free his sons [R153.3.3, J1185]. Each adventure is more frightful than the last [R151.1]. The tales: (1) an adventure with ghostlike cats, (2) Odysseus and Polyphemus (cf.Type 1137), (3) an ogre fooled by… | , 953 | J1185., K1011., K527., Q53., R153.3.3. |
| 955 | The Robber Bridegroom | The maiden in the den of robbers. While hidden under the bed she sees another maiden murdered. The severed finger serves her as a token. The girl usually strews her path into the forest with ashes or pees [R145]. When the bridegroom appears, she uses the severed finger of the murdered girl to expose him [H57.2.1]. Cf. Type 311. | , 955 | B143.1., H57.2.1., K1916., R135. |
| 960 | The Sun Brings All to Light | The murderer repeats as he sees the ray of the sun the last words of the dying man [D1715]. In this way the crime is brought to light [N271.1]. Or the murder is revealed by the unusual names of boys [N271.2]. Cf. Types 883C, 1376C*, 1530*. | , 960, 960A | D1715., N271.1., N271.3. |
| 968 | Miscellaneous Robber and Murder Stories | No examples in the Database yet | , 968 | K343.0.1., K434.1., K434.3., S121. |
| 980 | Old Grandfathers and Their Grandsons | Ungrateful Son Reproved by Naive Actions of Own Son: Preparing for Old Age [W121]. | , 980, 980A, 980B, 980C, 980D | D444.2., J121., J121.2., NA |
| 982 | Ungrateful Heirs | They think that the chest of stones contains the inheritance. [P236.2, Q281.1]. | , 982 | P236.2., Q281.1. |
| 1 | The theft of fish | The fox plays dead; a man throws him on his wagon of fish. The fox throws the fish off and carries them away. The wolf imitates and is caught. | 1, 1* | K371.1., NA |
| 100 | The Wolf as the Dog's Guest Sings | The wolf as the dog's guest sings. Has drunk too much. Sings in spite of the dog's objections. Is killed. | 100 | J581.1. |
| 1002 | Dissipation of the ogre's property | No examples in the Database yet | 1002 | K1400. |
| 1003 | Plowing | The man is told to come home when the dog does. He beats the dog so that it runs home. Then he destroys the horse and harness and goes home. [K1411]. (Cf. Type AT 0650 incident IVc). | 1003 | K1411. |
| 1005 | Building a bridge . . . | No examples in the Database yet | 1005 | K1441. |
| 1006 | Casting eyes | Cf. Type 1685. Ordered to cast eyes on this or that, he kills animals and throws their eyes at the object. [K1442]. | 1006, 1006* | K1440., K1442. |
| 1008 | Lighting the Road | No examples in the Database yet | 1008 | K1412. |
| 1009 | Guarding the Store-room Door | It is lifted off and carried away. [K1413]. Cf. Type 1653A. | 1009 | K1413. |
| 101 | The old dog rescues the child | A farmer plans to kill a faithful old dog. The wolf makes a plan to save the dog. The latter is to rescue the farmer's child from the wolf. The plan succeeds. The wolf in return wants to steal the farmer's sheep. The dog objects and loses the wolf's friendship. | 101 | K231.1.3. |
| 1010 | Repairing the House | The house or furniture destroyed. [K1415]. | 1010 | K1415. |
| 1011 | Tearing up the Orchard or Vineyard | Told to cut down wood, the rascal cuts down a neighbor's vineyard. | 1011 | K1416. |
| 1012 | Cleaning the child | Intestines taken out and cleaned. [K1461.1]. | 1012 | K1461.1. |
| 1013 | Bathing or Warming Grandmother/ Ogre's Wife Burned in his Own Oven | In boiling water or on stove. [K1462]. | 1013 | K1462. |
| 102 | The Dog as Wolf's Shoemaker | The dog as wolf 's shoemaker. He demands material for the shoes and then successively eats up the cow, hog, etc. furnished him. | 102 | K254.1. |
| 1029 | The woman as cuckoo in the tree | The anger-bargain is to cease when the cuckoo crows. The ogre's wife climbs into the tree and imitates the cuckoo. She is shot down. [K1691]. | 1029 | K1691. |
| 103 | War between Wild Animals and Domestic Animals | The cat shrieks; the bear falls out of the tree and breaks his backbone. | 103, 103A, 103A*, 104 | B262., B281.9.1., NA |
| 1030 | Man and ogre share the harvest | Man and ogre or fox and bear. Of root crops the ogre chooses the tops; of other crops the roots. [K171]. Cf. Types 9B, 1633. | 1030 | K171.1. |
| 1045 | Pulling the Lake Together | The hero threatens to do so with a rope. The ogre is intimidated. [K1744]. Cf. Type 1650. | 1045 | K1744. |
| 105 | The fox and the cat | The cat has only one trick and saves herself in a tree. The fox who knows a hundred tricks is captured. | 105, 105* | J1662., K522. |
| 1051 | Springing with a Bent Tree | The boastful trickster bends down a tree, but when he pauses to catch his breath the tree shoots him into the sky. [K1112]. | 1051 | K1112. |
| 1052 | A Contest in Carrying a Tree | The boastful trickster (fox) has the ogre (bear) carry the branches of the tree while he carries the trunk. He rides on the trunk. [K71]. Cf. Type 1640. | 1052 | K71. |
| 1053 | Shooting Wild Boars | Boastful trickster, told to shoot a wild boar or two, asks, »Why not a thousand at one shot?» Frightens ogre. [K1741.2]. | 1053 | K1741.2. |
| 106 | The Animal's Conversation | Animals' conversation (imitation of animal sounds). | 106 | NA |
| 1060 | Squeezing Water from a Stone | Cheese, egg, etc. Contest in squeezing water out of a stone. The ogre squeezes a stone; the boastful trickster a cheese or egg [K62]. (Sometimes with animal actors.) Cf. Type 1640. | 1060 | K62. |
| 1061 | Biting the Stone | No examples in the Database yet | 1061 | K63. |
| 1062 | A Contest in Throwing Stones | Bird. In a contest in throwing, the ogre throws a stone, the hero a bird (K18.3]. Cf. Type 1640. | 1062 | K18.3. |
| 1070 | Wrestling Contest: Looks Where to Throw him | The ogre squeezes the man so that his eyes bulge out. The ogre: »Why do you glare so?» »I am looking to see where to throw you.» The ogre flees. [K12.1]. | 1070 | K12.1. |
| 1071 | Wrestling Contest (with Old Grandfather) | The man challenged by ogre to wrestling contest persuades the ogre to wrestle his old grandfather, i.e., a bear [K12.2]. | 1071 | K12.2. |
| 1072 | Race with Little Son | The man challenged by the ogre to running race persuades the ogre to race his little son, i.e., a rabbit [K11.6]. | 1072 | K11.6. |
| 1073 | Climbing Contest | The man challenged by the ogre to a climbing contest. The ogre agrees to contest against man's young one, i.e., a squirrel. [K15.1]. | 1073 | K15.1. |
| 1082 | Carrying the Horse | The ogre carries the horse on his back and soon has to stop. The man carries it between his legs, i.e., rides. [K72]. Cf. Type 1640. | 1082 | K72. |
| 1085 | Pushing a hole into a tree | Contest with ogre, to push a hole in a tree with his head. The hero has already cut a hole with his axe. [K61]. Cf. Types 1086, 1640. | 1085 | K61. |
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