Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales
900: King Thrushbeard
Description
A princess disdains all her suitors. Names one of them Thrushbeard. Her father marries her to a beggar. Her pride is broken. The beggar reveals himself as King Thrushbeard.
I. The Suitors. (a) A king sends abroad invitations for suitors to woo his…
Variants
900A. The goat face
A peasant girl marries a king but is ungrateful and discourteous. A fairy gives her a goat's face. She is despised and ill-treated. When she humbles herself before her husband she is disenchanted…
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