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

660: The Three Doctors

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 650-699: Supernatural Power or Knowledge > 660: The Three Doctors

Description

The hog's heart, the thief's hand, the cat's eye. The three doctors make a trial of their skill [H504]. One removes one of his eyes, one his heart, and the other a hand [F668.1]. They are to replace them without injury the next morning [E782]. During…

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
De drie heelmeesters	660	Dutch	M.M. de Vries-Vogel	Germany	1940
Die drei Feldscherer	660	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
I tre cerusici	660	Italian	_	Germany	_
Ba thầy thuốc giỏi	660	Vietnamese	_	Germany	_
De tre læger	660	Danish	_	Germany	_
Los tres cirujanos	660	Spanish	_	Germany	_
The three army-surgeons	660	English	_	Germany	1884

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Medical Expert from Lisnaskea	660	Irish			Internet Archive
The Three Army Surgeons	660	German			Internet Archive

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