Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

409: The Girl in the Form of a Wolf

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 400-459: Supernatural or Enchanted Wife (Husband) or Other Relative > 400-424: Wife > 409: The Girl in the Form of a Wolf

Variants

409A. The Goat Girls

A childless woman wants a child even if it be an animal: she bears a goat-child (jackdaw). When she sends the goat-child to get water for its father, the goat lays off goat-skin and plays. A prince sees her and sends wooers to her house. The prince…

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Without Title	409A	Netherlands		1881	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Chicken Laundress	409A	Italian			Internet Archive

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