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

879: The Basil Maiden (The Sugar Puppet, Viola)

ATU > 850-999: REALISTIC TALES > 870-879: The Woman Marries the Prince > 879: The Basil Maiden (The Sugar Puppet, Viola)

Description

I. The Sprinkler of Basil. A princess before leaving her schoolmistress is used to sprinkling a vase of flowers. II. Questions and Counter questions. A prince ridicules her with a rhyme but the girl learns from her teacher a rhyme which scorns him in…

Variants

879A. Fisher Husband of the Princess

He leaves her on the wedding night because she has made fun of his manners. He rises to a high rank but cannot speak. She comes as doctor and tries in vain to cure him [H1194.0.1]. As she is about to be executed he speaks and saves her.

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
Clever Maria879EnglishAndrew LangPortugal1903
Il vaso di maggiorana879ItalianItalo CalvinoItaly1956
Il convento di monache e il convento di frati879ItalianItalo CalvinoItaly1956

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Basil Plant 879 Chilean Internet Archive
Convent of Nuns and the Monastery of Monks 879 Italian Internet Archive
Fanfinette and the King ' s Son 879 French Internet Archive
La mata de albahaca 879 España Marta Urea Herrador 2017 Corpus de Literatura Oral
La mata de albahaca 879 España David Mañero Lozano 2017 Corpus de Literatura Oral
La mata de albahaca 879 España Joaquín Díaz González 1977 Corpus de Literatura Oral
Pot of Marjoram 879 Italian Internet Archive

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