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

613: The Two Travelers: Truth and Falsehood

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 560-649: Magic Objects > 613: The Two Travelers: Truth and Falsehood

Description

One puts out the other's eyes. The blind man overhears secrets under a tree (gallows) and recovers his sight. The wicked companion has his eyes put out or is killed. I. The Blinded Man. (a) Two travelers (brothers) dispute as to whether truth or…

Variants

613C. Sister and Brother healing the King

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Tro og Utro	613	Norwegian	Asbjørnsen & Moe	Norway	1841
Die beiden Wanderer	613	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
Mais vale quem Deus ajuda, que quem muito madruga	613	Portuguese	Adolfo Coelho	Portugal	1879
The Grateful Beasts	613	English	Andrew Lang	Hungary	1894
I due compari mulattieri	613	Italian	Italo Calvino	Italy	1956
Li Dui Fratielle	613	Neapolitan	Giambattista Basile	Italy	1634

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
De dree kousenkee'ls	613	Netherlands	1909	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Good Apprentice and Bad	613	Arab		Internet Archive
Lion, the Leper, and the Tod	613	British		Internet Archive
Miser and a Generous Man	613	Israeli		Internet Archive
Mountain of the Sun	613	Israeli		Internet Archive
Rich Boy and the Poor Boy	613	Armenian		Internet Archive
Right and wrong	613	Russian		Internet Archive
The Gossiping Animals	613	Chinese		Internet Archive
The Noble and the Vile	613	Egyptian		Internet Archive
The Two Brothers , or The Fox , the Wolf , and the Lion	613	French		Internet Archive
The Two Travelers	613	German		Internet Archive
True and Untrue	613	Norse		Internet Archive
Truth or Lies? Which pays best?	613	Greek		Internet Archive
Two Muleteers	613	Italian		Internet Archive
Two Neighbors	613	Greek		Internet Archive

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