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

511: One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 500-559: Supernatural Helpers > 511: One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes

Variants

511A. The Littler Red Ox

Cf. Type 302 I*. I. The Ox Helper. A stepbrother of One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes is cruelly treated by his stepmother and stepsisters. He is assisted by a magic ox which furnishes him food from his removable horn. II. Spying on the Ox. The…

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
One-eye, two-eyes, and three-eyes	511	English	Margaret Hunt	Germany	_
Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes	511	English	Andrew Lang	Germany	1892

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Burenushka, the little red cow	511	Russian			Internet Archive
Little Black Bull	511	British			Internet Archive
Little Bull-calf, de three Giants, and de Fiery Dragon	511	British			Internet Archive
Los huérfanos y la vaca asesinada	511	Argelia	Óscar Abenójar	2013	Corpus de Literatura Oral
One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes	511	German			Internet Archive
The Little Bull-Calf	511	English			Internet Archive

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