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

956: Robbers' Heads Cut Off by One as They Enter House

ATU > 850-999: REALISTIC TALES > 950-969: Robbers and Murderers > 956: Robbers' Heads Cut Off by One as They Enter House

Description

Robbers' Heads Cut off One by One as they Enter House [K912]. Cf. Type 304.

Variants

956A. At the Robber's House

The man is confined in a hot chamber where many corpses are hanging. As the robbers enter, he cuts off their heads one after the other [K912] and takes their treasure.

956B. The Clever Maiden Alone at Home Kills the Robbers

A great crowd of robbers come into the house at night. She kills the robbers one by one as they enter [K912]. In revenge one of the robbers appears as suitor for the girl [Q411.1]. The robbers catch the girl in a wood. She flees.

956C. Girl in Robbers' Den

Under pretext of bathing they shut themselves in a room and escape through a window. Sometimes leads to Type 879. Cf. Type 958E*.

956D. How the Girl Saves herself when she Discovers a Robber under the Bed

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
L'assassino senza mano956ItalianItalo CalvinoItaly1956
De maaid en de roovers956BGroningsA. Kuiper_1904

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
't Huis met de Hoofden 956B Netherlands 1970 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Black and his Master 956 British Internet Archive
De maaid en de roovers 956B Netherlands 1930 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De moedige tsjinstfaem 956B Netherlands 1951 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Een meid was alleen te huis 956B Netherlands 1894 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Hand 956B British Internet Archive
Het huis met de hoofden te Amsterdam 956B Netherlands 1919 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Het Huis met de Hoofden 956B Netherlands 1970 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Het meisje in het rovershol 956B Netherlands 1892 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
La ogresa en casa de la campesina 956D Argelia Óscar Abenójar 2013 Corpus de Literatura Oral
One-Handed Murderer 956B Italian Internet Archive
Robber Captain 956B Greek Internet Archive
The Girl and the Thief 956B French Internet Archive
The Robbers 956B Russian Internet Archive
Van een dienstmeid en een gauwdief 956B Netherlands 1896 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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