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

1405: The Lazy Spinner

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1350-1439: Stories about Married Couples > 1405-1429: The Foolish Husband and His Wife > 1405: The Lazy Spinner

Description

The woman hidden in the bushes calls out to her husband, who is cutting wood: »Whoever cuts wood for a spinning wheel will die; whoever uses the wheel will be destroyed.» The man becomes worried and no longer keeps her at the reel [K1971.4.1]. When…

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
De luie spinster	1405	Dutch	M.M. de Vries-Vogel	Germany	1940
Die faule Spinnerin	1405	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	_
La filatrice pigra	1405	Italian	_	Germany	_
Ả kéo sợi lười biếng	1405	Vietnamese	_	Germany	_
Den dovne spinderske	1405	Danish	_	Germany	_
La hilandera holgazana	1405	Spanish	_	Germany	_
The lazy spinner	1405	English	_	Germany	_

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Lazy Spinning Woman	1405	German			Internet Archive
Lazy Woman	1405	German			Internet Archive

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