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

1450: Clever Elsie

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1440-1524: Stories about a Woman > 1450-1474: Looking for a Wife > 1450: Clever Elsie

Description

The girl is to get beer from the cellar. Falls into a study as to what her first child's name shall be. Likewise the girl's father and mother. The suitor departs. [J2063]. Cf. Types 1384, 1387, 1430A.

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Knappe Elsje	1450	Dutch	M.M. de Vries-Vogel	Germany	1940
Die kluge Else	1450	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
La saggia Elsa	1450	Italian	_	Germany	_
Else láu cá	1450	Vietnamese	_	Germany	_
Den kloge Else	1450	Danish	_	Germany	_
Elsie, a sensata	1450	Portuguese	_	Germany	_
Elsa la Lista	1450	Spanish	_	Germany	_
Clever Else	1450	English	Margaret Hunt	Germany	_
The Six Sillies	1450	English	Andrew Lang	Belgium	1890
La Sage Élise	1450	French	_	Germany	_

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
Clever Elsie	1450	German		Internet Archive
Clever elsie	1450	German		Internet Archive
EEN JONGE DOCHTER	1450	Netherlands	1669	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
The Three Innocents	1450	French		Internet Archive
Three More Bigger Fools	1450	African-American		Internet Archive
Van de bezorgde Bruid.	1450	Netherlands	1620	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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