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

503: Helpful Elves

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 500-559: Supernatural Helpers > 503: Helpful Elves

Description

Dwarfs take hump from hunchback and place it on another man. I. The Dwarfs' Favor. (a) A wanderer takes part in a dance of the witches or people from below the earth (elves, dwarfs) or plays for them; or (b) adds to their song by naming more days of…

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Die Geschenke des kleinen Volkes	503	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
I due gobbi	503	Italian	Italo Calvino	Italy	1956
The Wood Maiden	503	English	Parker Fillmore	Czech Republic & Slovakia	1919

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
Brewery of Eggshells	503	Celtic		Internet Archive
Brewery of Eggshells	503	Celtic		Internet Archive
De bochel	503	Netherlands	1934	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De schonmoaker en 't eerdmantje	503	Netherlands	1930	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Finger Lock	503	British		Internet Archive
Food and Fire and Company	503	British		Internet Archive
Four Little Dwarfs	503	Chilean		Internet Archive
Gifts of the Little People	503	German		Internet Archive
Goblin Combe	503	British		Internet Archive
Goblin Combe	503	English		Internet Archive
Inishkeen's on Fire	503	Irish		Internet Archive
Inishkeen's on Fire	503	Irish		Internet Archive
Miser and the Fairies of the Gump	503	British		Internet Archive
Monkey's Jizo-sama	503	Japanesse		Internet Archive
Old Men Who Had Wens	503	Japanesse		Internet Archive
That's Enough to go on with	503	British		Internet Archive
The Elves	503	German		Internet Archive
Two Humps	503	British		Internet Archive
Two Hunchbacks	503	Italian		Internet Archive
Van heksen en maren: De bultenaars van Aken	503	Netherlands	1925	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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