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612: The Three Snake-Leaves

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Variants

612A. The Ungrateful Wife Restored to Life

See analysis of 612. II. (c) The wife is bitten by a snake and dies. III. (a) The man and his wife are separated. (b) The husband becomes an adviser to the king. (c) The wife, who has become a prostitute or dancer, pleases the king and is granted a…

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
De drie slangenbladeren	612	Dutch	M.M. de Vries-Vogel	Germany	1940
Die drei Schlangenblätter	612	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
Le tre foglie della serpe	612	Italian	_	Germany	_
Ba chiếc lá rắn	612	Vietnamese	_	Germany	_
De tre slangeblade	612	Danish	_	Germany	_
As três folhas da serpente	612	Portuguese	_	Germany	_
Las tres hojas de la serpiente	612	Spanish	_	Germany	_
The three snake-leaves	612	English	Margaret Hunt	Germany	_
The Three Snake-leaves	612	English	Andrew Lang	Germany	1892
Les trois feuilles du serpent	612	French	_	Germany	_
Il Capitano e il Generale	612	Italian	Italo Calvino	Italy	1956
L'erba dei leoni	612	Italian	Italo Calvino	Italy	1956

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Source
Captain and the General	612	Italian	Internet Archive
Lion's Grass	612	Italian	Internet Archive
The Three Snake-Leaves	612	German	Internet Archive

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