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

302: The Giant Without A Heart,

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 300-399: Supernatural Adversaries > 302: The Giant Without A Heart,

Description

The youth who can turn himself into a lion, ant, etc. Sometimes the ogre's heart in the egg appears alone. Cf. Type 665. Sometimes introduced as in Type 400, or 425. I. Magic Help. The hero receives magie help (a) from grateful animals for whom he…

Variants

302A. The Youth Sent to the Land of the Ogres

A youth is sent to the land of the ogres by his stepmother who is, herself, an ogress. Uriah letter changed. Youth finds out where lives of ogres are kept (usually in bees) and destroys them. Returns home and destroys stepmother. [Usually as part of…

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Risen som ikke hadde noe hjerte på seg	302	Norwegian	Asbjørnsen & Moe	Norway	1841
Gutten som gjorde seg til løve, falk og maur	302	Norwegian	Asbjørnsen & Moe	Norway	1841
Die Kristallkugel	302	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
Кощей Бессмертный	302,516	Russian	Александр Афанасьев	Russia	1855
Кощей Бессмертный	302,516	Russian	Александр Афанасьев	Russia	1855
Хрустальная гора	302	Russian	Александр Афанасьев	Russia	1855
Peppi, spersu pri lu munnu	400,302,566	Sicilian	Giuseppe Pitrè	Italy	1870
The Death Of Koshchei the Deathless	302	English	Andrew Lang	Russia	1890
Il Re degli animali	302	Italian	Italo Calvino	Italy	1956
Prezzemolina	302	Italian	Italo Calvino	Italy	1956
Аждаја и царев син	302	Serbian	Вук Стефановић Караџић	Serbia	1853

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
Crystal Mountain	302	Russian		Internet Archive
De draak en de prinses	302	Netherlands	1888	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Four Friends	302B	Indian		Internet Archive
Juan Oso	302	Mexican		Internet Archive
King of the Animals	302	Italian		Internet Archive
Koshchey the Deathless	302	Russian		Internet Archive
Mermaid and the Poor Fisherman	302	Chilean		Internet Archive
Ogre' Soul	302	Armenian		Internet Archive
Pressemolina	302	Italian		Internet Archive
Prince and Dragon	302	Serbian		Internet Archive
Son of the Gray Horse	302	Armenian		Internet Archive
The Giant who had no Heart in his Body	302	Norse		Internet Archive
Trip to "Wag-el-Wag"	302	Egyptian		Internet Archive
Widow's Son and an Old Man	302	British		Internet Archive

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