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

1650: The Three Lucky Brothers

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1525-1724: Stories about a Man > 1640-1674: Lucky Accidents > 1650: The Three Lucky Brothers

Description

Their inheritances: a cock, a scythe, a cat. The fortunate sales. I. The Inheritances. (a) The eldest brother inherits a cock, the second a scythe (see Type 1202), the youngest a cat (see Type 1651); or (b) they inherit a millstone, a musical…

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
Die drei Glückskinder1650GermanJacob & Wilhelm GrimmGermany1812

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
El gallo, el gato y la hoz 1650 España David Mañero Lozano 2017 Corpus de Literatura Oral
The Three Children of Fortune 1650 German Internet Archive
Van den haan, den vlegel en de pik 1650 Netherlands 1889 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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