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315: The Treacherous Sister

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 300-399: Supernatural Adversaries > 315: The Treacherous Sister

Description

The children promised to the water-spirit. The maiden wife of the water-spirit (devil). At his advice she feigns sickness and sends her brother for a remedy (or the like) [K2212.0.2]. Imprisoned animals break loose and save the boy. See analysis…

Variants

315A. The Faithless Sister

I. A Princess Becomes a Cannibalistic Ogress and devours the animals, then the people at the court, and finally all the inhabitants of the city [G30, G346]. Her brother alone escapes. II. The Captive Brother. (a) The brother returns to the city and…

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External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Clever Daniel 315 Armenian Internet Archive
De zeemeermin 315 Netherlands 1970 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Faithless Sister 315 Chilean Internet Archive
La cabaña de los ogros 315 Argelia Óscar Abenójar 2013 Corpus de Literatura Oral
Strigla 315A Greek Internet Archive

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