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

331: The Spirit in the Bottle

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 300-399: Supernatural Adversaries > 331: The Spirit in the Bottle

Description

The man frees the evil spirit from the bottle and receives in reward a wonderful remedy or the power to turn iron into silver (gold). He tricks the spirit into the bottle again. (Often combined with Types 330 or 332.)

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
De geest in de fles	331	Dutch	M.M. de Vries-Vogel	Germany	1940
Der Geist im Glas	331	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
Lo spirito nella bottiglia	331	Italian	_	Germany	_
Con quỷ trong chai thủy tinh	331	Vietnamese	_	Germany	_
Ånden i flasken	331	Danish	_	Germany	_
El espíritu embotellado	331	Spanish	_	Germany	_
The spirit in the glass bottle	331	English	Margaret Hunt	Germany	1884
Duch w butelce	331	Polish	_	Germany	_
Virgilius the Sorcerer	331	English	Andrew Lang	Italy	1901

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Source
The Spirit in the Glass Bottle	331	German	Internet Archive
Yallery Brown	331	British	Internet Archive
Yallery Brown	331	English	Internet Archive

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