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

1545: The boy with many names

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1525-1724: Stories about a Man > 1525-1639: The Clever Man > 1545: The boy with many names

Variants

1545A. Learning to Sleep in Bed

A man gets lodging in a beautiful woman's house. He pretends not to know how to sleep in bed; she must go with him.

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External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
De jonge met de freemde namen 1545 Netherlands 1973 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
King of Cheats 1545 Indian Internet Archive
New Hired Man 1545 US Ozarks Internet Archive
Pedro de Urdemalas and the House with Strange Names 1545 Mexican Internet Archive
Pedro de Urdemalas and the Priest 1545 Mexican Internet Archive
Quevedo Works as a Cook 1545 Peruvian Internet Archive

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