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

1645: The Man Who Became Rich through a Dream

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1525-1724: Stories about a Man > 1640-1674: Lucky Accidents > 1645: The Man Who Became Rich through a Dream

Description

A man dreams that if he goes to a distant city he will find treasure on a certain bridge. Finding no treasure, he tells his dream to a man who says that he too has dreamed of treasure at certain place. He describes the place, which is the first man's…

Variants

1645A. Dream of Treasure Bought

Treasure has been seen by man's soul absent in sleep in form of a fly (or bubble). The purchaser of the dream finds the treasure. [N531.3]. Cf. Type 840.

1645B. Dream of Marking the Treasure

A man dreams that he finds treasure and that he marks the spot with his excrements. Only the latter part of the dream is true. [X31].

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
De skuonmakker fen Itens	1645	Netherlands		1971	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Dreams of Gold	1645	Irish			Internet Archive
Droom van de schat op de brug	1645	Netherlands		1970	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
El tesoro soñado	1645	España	David Mañero Lozano	2017	Corpus de Literatura Oral
Het paaltje van Oosterlittens	1645	Netherlands		1980	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Het paaltje van Oosterlittens	1645	Netherlands		1896	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
It pealtsje fan Easterlittens	1645	Netherlands		1970	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Man Who Bought a Dream	1645A	Japanesse			Internet Archive
Man Who Bought a Dream	1645A	Japanese			Internet Archive
The Pedlar of Swaffham	1645	English			Internet Archive

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