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

1182: The Level Bushel

ATU > 1000-1199: TALES OF THE STUPID OGRE (GIANT, DEVIL) > 1170-1199: Souls Saved from the Devil > 1182: The Level Bushel

Description

The student is to come into the devil's power if at the end of a year he does not at least return for the heaping bushel of gold a level one. The student forthwith hands back the level bushel and keeps the surplus. [K223].

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
Without Title	1182	Netherlands	1967	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Without Title	1182	Netherlands	1977	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De afgestreken korenmaat	1182	Netherlands	1896	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Ein sage oet de Bronssemerhei	1182	Netherlands	1958	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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