Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales
409A: The Goat Girls
Description
A childless woman wants a child even if it be an animal: she bears a goat-child (jackdaw). When she sends the goat-child to get water for its father, the goat lays off goat-skin and plays. A prince sees her and sends wooers to her house. The prince…
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| Text title | ATU | Language | Author | Origin | Publication Date |
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| La gallina lavandaia | 409A | Italian | Italo Calvino | Italy | 1956 |
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