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

934A: Predestined Death

ATU > 850-999: REALISTIC TALES > 930-949: Tales of Fate > 934A: Predestined Death

Description

The boy (girl) dies at the time and in the manner (by drowning or other) which was predestined at birth by Fate. All efforts to avert the calamity prove futile. [M370.1].

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Παῖς καὶ λέων γεγραμμένος	934A	Ancient Greek	Αἴσωπος	Greece	_

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