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707: The Bird of Truth

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 700-749: Other Tales of the Supernatural > 707: The Bird of Truth

Description

The queen bears marvelous children. They are stolen away. The queen is banished. The quest for the speaking bird, the singing tree, and the water of life.

Variants

707A. Introduction to Three Golden Sons: Ogre Schoolmaster

One girl does not tell of his eating the children. He leaves her in front of palace.

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
Die drei Vögelchen707GermanJacob & Wilhelm GrimmGermany1812
Los Fills del Rey707CatalanFrancesc Maspons i LabrósSpain1885
L' Aygua de la Vida707CatalanFrancesc Maspons i LabrósSpain1885
El pájaro de la verdad707SpanishFernán CaballeroSpain_
Li figghi di lu cavuliciddaru707SicilianGiuseppe PitrèItaly1870
The Boys With the Golden Stars707EnglishAndrew LangRomania1901
The Bird Of Truth707EnglishAndrew LangSpain1906
Lo castell de irás y no hi veurás707CatalanFrancesc Maspons LabrósSpain1871
L'Uccel bel-verde707ItalianItalo CalvinoItaly1956
O mluvícím ptáku, živé vodě a třech zlatých jabloních707CzechBožena NěmcováCzech Republic1845

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Boys with Golden Stars 707 Romanian Internet Archive
Fine Greenbird 707 Italian Internet Archive
Golden Eggplant 707 Japanesse Internet Archive
Golden-Haired Twins 707 Armenian Internet Archive
Nightingale That Shrieked 707 Arab Internet Archive
Promises of the Three Sisters 707 Egyptian Internet Archive
Singing Tree and Taking Bird 707 Russian Internet Archive
Speckled Bull 707 Irish Internet Archive
The Three Little Birds 707 German Internet Archive
Three Sister and their Wishes for a Husband 707 Greek Internet Archive

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