Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales
407: The Flower Girl
Description
A maiden is transformed into a flower [D212]. A man breaks a stalk of the flower and she becomes human again [D711.4]. He takes her as his wife [T101]. Cf. Type 652. Variants
407A. The Bayberry Child
Because of hasty wish of a barren mother she bears a bayberry. Eventual disenchantment and marriage to prince (as in Type 409A).
407B. The Devil's (Dead Man's) Mistress
Her mother, father, brother and sister die; to be rid of her supernatural husband, she, too, dies. From her grave a flower springs up which changes into a girl. The prince (gentleman) rescues the girl from her former lover and weds her.
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| Text title | ATU | Language | Author | Origin | Publication Date |
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| Rätselmärchen | 407 | German | Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm | Germany | 1812 |
| Rosamarina | 407 | Sicilian | Giuseppe Pitrè | Italy | 1870 |
| La ragazza mela | 407 | Italian | Italo Calvino | Italy | 1956 |
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