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

517: The Boy and the Bird-language

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 500-559: Supernatural Helpers > 517: The Boy and the Bird-language

Description

Vaticinium. The learning of the speech of birds; cf. Types 670, 671. The princess who has destroyed her child; Cf. Type 781. A boy understands the language of birds. The birds prophesy that the parents shall humble themselves before him. On…

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