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

530: The Glass Mountain

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 500-559: Supernatural Helpers > 530: The Glass Mountain

Description

Cf. Types 300, 329, 502, 550. I. Reward for the Vigil. (a) Three brothers one after the other are sent to guard a meadow which is devastated at night by a monster or they must in turns keep vigil for their dead father. (c) The elder brothers are…

Variants

530A. The Pig with the Golden Bristles

A tsar commands his sons-in-law to get a pig with golden bristles, a golden-horned stag, etc. A foolish boy gets these wonders, but yields them to the sons-in-law, when they cut off his fingers and cut the skin from his back. At the feast they are…

530B. The Stolen Brides

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
Jomfruen på glassberget530NorwegianAsbjørnsen & MoeNorway_
The Glass Mountain530EnglishAndrew LangPoland1894
Dapplegrim530EnglishAndrew LangNorway1890
La ragazza colomba530ItalianItalo CalvinoItaly1956

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Dapplegrim 530 Norse Internet Archive
Dove Girl 530 Italian Internet Archive
Onwijze Geert 530 Netherlands 1896 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Princess on Glass Hill 530 Norwegian Internet Archive
Princess on the Glass HIIl 530 Norse Internet Archive
Tale of the Silver, Golden, and Diamond Prince 530 German Internet Archive
Three Brothers 530 US West Virginia Internet Archive
Van 'n vent, dei nait al te schrander haitte. 530 Netherlands 1873 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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