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

505: Grateful dead

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 500-559: Supernatural Helpers > 505: Grateful dead

Description

Through the assistance of the dead man the hero wins the princess and the castle [E341.1]. (For detailed relationship see Types 506-508. Cf. also Types 513-514, and 545A and B.)

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
Bald Man at the Funeral	505	Arab		Internet Archive
Box with Bones	505	Israeli		Internet Archive
Boy and his Guardian or Kindness Rewarded	505	Greek		Internet Archive
De dankbare doode.	505	Netherlands	1899	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De founling en de prinses	505	Netherlands	1951	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De kanofarder en de prinses	505	Netherlands	1971	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Fair Brow	505	Italian		Internet Archive
Four Eggs for a Penny	505	British		Internet Archive
Golden Duck	505	US West Virginia		Internet Archive
Grateful Fish	505	Egyptian		Internet Archive
Jack and the Ghosts	505	British		Internet Archive
John of Calais	505	French		Internet Archive
Joseph Ciufulo, Tiller-Flutist	505	Italian		Internet Archive
Schonmoakersknecht	505	Netherlands	1930	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Van de Koningsdochter	505	Netherlands	1888	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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