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

402: The Animal Bride

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 400-459: Supernatural or Enchanted Wife (Husband) or Other Relative > 400-424: Wife > 402: The Animal Bride

Description

The youngest of three brothers succeeds best in the quests set by his father. He brings the best cloth, the most beautiful bride, etc. The mouse (cat) who has helped him changes herself into a beautiful maiden.

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Gutten som ville fri til datter til mor i kroken	402	Norwegian	Asbjørnsen & Moe	Norway	1841
Dukken i gresset	402	Norwegian	Asbjørnsen & Moe	Norway	1841
De drie veren	402	Dutch	M.M. de Vries-Vogel	Germany	1940
De arme molenaarsknecht en het katje	402	Dutch	M.M. de Vries-Vogel	Germany	1940
Der arme Müllerbursch und das Kätzchen	402	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
Die drei Federn	402	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
Il povero garzone e la gattina	402	Italian	_	Germany	_
II principe che sposò una rana	402	Italian	Italo Calvino	Italy	1956
Le tre piume	402	Italian	_	Germany	_
Gã xay bột nghèo khó và chú mèo đốm	402	Vietnamese	_	Germany	_
Ba chiếc lông chim	402	Vietnamese	_	Germany	_
Царевна-лягушка	402	Russian	Александр Афанасьев	Russia	1855
Den fattige møllerdreng og katten	402	Danish	_	Germany	_
De tre fjer	402	Danish	_	Germany	_
Las tres plumas	402	Spanish	_	Germany	_
El pobre mozo molinero y la gatita	402	Spanish	_	Germany	_
La Zarevna Rana	402	Spanish	_	Russia	_
The three feathers	402	English	Margaret Hunt	Germany	1884
The Princess Frog	402	English	_	Russia	_
Doll i' the Grass	402	English	George Dasent	Norway	_
The White Cat	402	English	Andrew Lang	France	1889
Царівна жаба	402	Ukrainian	Л. Бараг	Ukraine	1979
De bakkerssoan en de swarte kat	402	Western Frisian	Ype Poortinga	Netherlands	1979
The Frog	402	English	Andrew Lang	Italy	1901
Les trois plumes	402	French	_	Germany	_
Broasca țestoasă cea fermecată	402	Romanian	Petre Ispirescu	Romania	1882
A molnárinas és a macska	402	Hungarian	Benedek Elek	Germany	_
Oisin in Tir na n-Og	402	English	Jeremiah Curtin	Ireland	1890
The Frog Princess	402	English	A. J. Gliński	Poland	1920
The Betrothal Gifts	402	English	Parker Fillmore	Czech Republic & Slovakia	1919
Златна јабука и девет пауница	400,300,402	Serbian	Вук Стефановић Караџић	Serbia	1853
Chonguita	402	English	Dean S. Fansler	Philippines	1921
Il palazzo delle scimmie	402	Italian	Italo Calvino	Italy	1956

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
Animal Wife	402	Greek		Internet Archive
Bewitched Princess	402*	US West Virginia		Internet Archive
De bakkerssoan en de swarte kat	402	Netherlands	1971	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De trije bakkerssoannen	402	Netherlands	1951	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Doll i' the Grass	402	Norse		Internet Archive
Enchanted Lake	402	Greek		Internet Archive
Frog Princess	402	Russian		Internet Archive
Golden Hair , or The Little Frog	402	French		Internet Archive
Laidley Worm of Spindleston Heughs	402A*	British		Internet Archive
Little Frog	402	Chilean		Internet Archive
Marriage of Sir Gawain	402A*	British		Internet Archive
Monkey Palace	402	Italian		Internet Archive
Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat	402	German		Internet Archive
Prince Who Married a Frog	402	Italian		Internet Archive
Puddocky	402	German		Internet Archive
The Piece of Cloth	402	French		Internet Archive
The Three Feathers	402	German		Internet Archive

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