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

554: The Grateful Animals

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 500-559: Supernatural Helpers > 554: The Grateful Animals

Description

A youth earns the thanks of several animals (ants, fish, etc.) and with their help wins the princess by performing three tasks imposed upon him (brings a ring from the bottom of the sea, etc.). I. The Animals' Gratitude. The hero, (a) the youngest of…

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
De bijenkoningin	554	Dutch	M.M. de Vries-Vogel	Germany	1940
Die Bienenkönigin	554	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
La regina delle api	554	Italian	_	Germany	_
Ong chúa	554	Vietnamese	_	Germany	_
Bidronningen	554	Danish	_	Germany	_
A rainha das abelhas	554	Portuguese	_	Germany	_
La reina de las abejas	554	Spanish	_	Germany	_
The queen bee	554	English	Margaret Hunt	Germany	_
Little Wildrose	554	English	Andrew Lang	Romania	1903
La reine des abeilles	554	French	_	Germany	_

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