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

327G: The Boy at the Devil's/Witch's House

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 300-399: Supernatural Adversaries > 327G: The Boy at the Devil's/Witch's House

Description

The daughters are to cook him, but are killed by him. The devil is then killed. With his corpse the robbers are frightened from the tree. [G512.3.2.1, K335.1.2.1]. Cf. Type 334.

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Boots and the Troll	327G	Norse			Internet Archive

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