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

408: The Three Lemons

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 400-459: Supernatural or Enchanted Wife (Husband) or Other Relative > 400-424: Wife > 408: The Three Lemons

Description

The quest for the Orange Princess. The false bride. I. The Old Woman's Curse. A young prince insolently throws a stone and breaks an old woman's oil jar. She utters a curse: he is to fall in love with the three oranges (lemons, pomegranates,…

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Tre sitroner	408	Norwegian	Asbjørnsen & Moe	Norway	1841
Lovely Ilonka	408	English	Andrew Lang	Hungary	1903
Las tres taronjas del amor	408	Catalan	Francesc Maspons Labrós	Spain	1871
L'amore delle tre melagrane	408	Italian	Italo Calvino	Italy	1956
Il pastore che non cresceva mai	408	Italian	Italo Calvino	Italy	1956
The Three Citrons	408	English	Parker Fillmore	Czech Republic & Slovakia	1919
Le Tre Cetra	408	Neapolitan	Giambattista Basile	Italy	1634

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Bad Negress	408	Mexican			Internet Archive
De drie sinaasappelen	408	Netherlands		2000	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Girl out of the Egg	408	German			Internet Archive
Las tres naranjas del amor	408	España	Trini Pestaña Yáñez	2016	Corpus de Literatura Oral
Little Shepherd	408	Italian			Internet Archive
Love of the Three Pomegranates	408	Italian			Internet Archive
Maiden of the Tree of Raranj and Taranj	408	Arab			Internet Archive
Three Oranges	408	Greek			Internet Archive