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

431: The Waldhaus

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 400-459: Supernatural or Enchanted Wife (Husband) or Other Relative > 425-449: Husband > 431: The Waldhaus

Description

Three maidens one after the other sent into the wood. Kind and unkind. Animals disenchanted. (Cf. Type 480.) Their clue of grain (lentils) is eaten by birds [R135, R135.1]. They come to a house where they find an old man [D1890], a cock [D166.1.1], a…

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Das Waldhaus	431	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
The House In the Wood	431	English	Andrew Lang	Germany	1897

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Hut in the Woods	431	German			Internet Archive

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