Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales
530: The Glass Mountain
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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
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