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

470: Friends in Life and Death

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 460-499: Supernatural Tasks > 470: Friends in Life and Death

Description

The deceased friend followed into the other world. Cf. Type 471. I. The Visit to the Other World. (a) Two friends pledge themselves never to part. One of them dies. (b) The living friend invites the dead to visit him on Christmas and goes with him…

Variants

470A. The Offended Skull – Statue

A skull (statue) is invited to dinner. Attends the dinner and takes his host off to the other world.

470B. The Land Where No One Dies

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
Venner i liv og død470NorwegianAsbjørnsen & MoeNorway1841
Una notte in Paradiso470ItalianItalo CalvinoItaly1956

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
"It Serves Me Right!" 470 Egyptian Internet Archive
De deadsholle fan Tsjummearum 470A Netherlands 1978 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De twee advocaten 470 Netherlands 1980 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Invited Guest 470 US West Virginia Internet Archive
One Night in Paradise 470 Italian Internet Archive
Usheen's Reture to Ireland 470B Irish Internet Archive

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