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

1450: Clever Elsie

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1440-1524: Stories about a Woman > 1450-1474: Looking for a Wife > 1450: Clever Elsie

Description

The girl is to get beer from the cellar. Falls into a study as to what her first child's name shall be. Likewise the girl's father and mother. The suitor departs. [J2063]. Cf. Types 1384, 1387, 1430A.

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Die kluge Else	1450	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
The Six Sillies	1450	English	Andrew Lang	Belgium	1890

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
Clever Elsie	1450	German		Internet Archive
Clever elsie	1450	German		Internet Archive
EEN JONGE DOCHTER	1450	Netherlands	1669	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
The Three Innocents	1450	French		Internet Archive
Three More Bigger Fools	1450	African-American		Internet Archive
Van de bezorgde Bruid.	1450	Netherlands	1620	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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