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

934

Missing record

Variants

934A. Predestined Death

The boy (girl) dies at the time and in the manner (by drowning or other) which was predestined at birth by Fate. All efforts to avert the calamity prove futile. [M370.1].

934B. Death on the Wedding

934C. Death Forestalls Evil Fates

A mother is shown what would have been the evil fates of her children if they had not died. [N121.2].

934E. The magic ball of thread

934K. Water Spirit Legends 2 The Hour Is Come but the Man Is Not

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
Das alte Mütterchen934CGermanJacob & Wilhelm GrimmGermany1812
Παῖς καὶ λέων γεγραμμένος934AAncient GreekΑἴσωποςGreece_

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Foretelling the Future 934 Armenian Internet Archive
Girl Fated to Die by Snakebite 934 Indian Internet Archive
No Escape from Fate 934 Israeli Internet Archive

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