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

461: Three Hairs of the Devil

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 460-499: Supernatural Tasks > 461: Three Hairs of the Devil

Description

Prophecy, Urias letter, and resultant marriage; cf. Type 930. I. Introduction. Prophecy that a youth is to become the king's son-in-law. Vain attempts to prevent the marriage. II. Quest for Devil's Hairs. (a) The hero is sent on a quest to hell to…

Variants

461A. The Journey to the Deity for Advice or Repayment

Cf. Type 460A. I. The Quest. A poor man sets out to seek a deity to recover lost gold, to seek advice, or for other reasons. II. The questions. On his way, various questions are given to which he is asked to find the answers: (a) Persons with various…

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Rike Per Kremmer	461	Norwegian	Asbjørnsen & Moe	Norway	_
De duivel met de drie gouden haren	461	Dutch	M.M. de Vries-Vogel	Germany	1940
Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren	461	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
L'orco con le penne	461	Italian	Italo Calvino	Italy	1956
Ο διάβολος με τις τρεις χρυσές τρίχες	461	Greek	_	Germany	_
Ba sợi tóc vàng của con quỷ	461	Vietnamese	_	Germany	_
Марко Богатый и Василий Бессчастный	930,461	Russian	Александр Афанасьев	Russia	1855
Djævelens tre guldhår	461	Danish	_	Germany	_
Os três cabelos de ouro do diabo	461	Portuguese	_	Germany	_
Los tres pelos de oro del diablo	461	Spanish	_	Germany	_
The devil with the three golden hairs	461	English	Margaret Hunt	Germany	1884
Rich Peter the Pedlar	461	English	George Dasent	Norway	1912
Diabeł i jego trzy złote włosy	461	Polish	_	Germany	_
The Story Of Three Wonderful Beggars	461	English	Andrew Lang	Serbia	1901
The Three Golden Hairs	461	English	Parker Fillmore	Czech Republic & Slovakia	1919
Tři zlaté péra	461	Czech	Božena Němcová	Czech Republic	1845

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Source
Feathered Ogre	461	Italian	Internet Archive
Feathers from the Bird Venus	461	German	Internet Archive
Magic Box	461	Armenian	Internet Archive
Marco the rich and Vasily the luckless	461	Russian	Internet Archive
Queen of the Planets	461	Irish	Internet Archive
Rich Peter the Pedlar	461	Norse	Internet Archive
The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs	461	German	Internet Archive
The Mason Wins the Prize	461	Chinese	Internet Archive
The Three Gold Hairs from the Devil	461	French	Internet Archive

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