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

501: The Three Spinners

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 500-559: Supernatural Helpers > 501: The Three Spinners

Description

Invited to the wedding. I. Spinning Assigned to Girl. (a) Through false boast of a girl's mother, or (b) of the girl herself, or (c) false reports by jealous servants a girl is compelled to spin an impossible amount (cf. Type 500). (d) She is to…

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
De tre mostrene	501	Norwegian	Asbjørnsen & Moe	Norway	1841
Die drei Spinnerinnen	501	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
E sette!	501	Italian	Italo Calvino	Italy	1956
Le Sette Cotenelle	501	Neapolitan	Giambattista Basile	Italy	_

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Source
And Seven!	501	Italian	Internet Archive
Buzz-Buzz Aunty	501	Armenian	Internet Archive
Gypsy woman	501	British	Internet Archive
Habetrot and Scantlie Mab	501	English	Internet Archive
Habetrot	501	British	Internet Archive
The Three Aunts	501	Norse	Internet Archive
The Three Spinning Women	501	German	Internet Archive
Three Spinners	501	German	Internet Archive
Whuppity-Stoorie 2	501	British	Internet Archive

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