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

306: The Twelve Dancing Princesses

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 300-399: Supernatural Adversaries > 306: The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Description

The princess's nightly visits to the supernatural being. A youth who follows her and wins her hand. Cf. Type 507. I. Princess as Prize. (a) A princess is offered to the man who can find why her shoes are danced to pieces each morning. II. Discovery…

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
De stukgedanste schoentjes	306	Dutch	M.M. de Vries-Vogel	Germany	1940
Die zertanzten Schuhe	306	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
Le scarpe logorate dal ballo	306	Italian	_	Germany	_
Những đôi giày nhảy rách	306	Vietnamese	_	Germany	_
Елена Премудрая	306	Russian	Александр Афанасьев	Russia	1855
Елена Премудрая	306	Russian	Александр Афанасьев	Russia	1855
De hullede sko	306	Danish	_	Germany	_
Las princesas bailadoras	306	Spanish	_	Germany	_
The shoes that were danced to pieces	306	English	Margaret Hunt	Germany	_
Buty w tańcu przetarte	306	Polish	_	Germany	_
The Twelve Dancing Princesses	306	English	Andrew Lang	_	1890
Dorani	306	English	Andrew Lang	India	1907
Les souliers usés au bal	306	French	_	Germany	_

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Source
Elena the Wise	306	Russian	Internet Archive
Giant-Slayer	306	Armenian	Internet Archive
The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces	306	German	Internet Archive

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