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

503: Helpful Elves

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 500-559: Supernatural Helpers > 503: Helpful Elves

Description

Dwarfs take hump from hunchback and place it on another man. I. The Dwarfs' Favor. (a) A wanderer takes part in a dance of the witches or people from below the earth (elves, dwarfs) or plays for them; or (b) adds to their song by naming more days of…

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
Die Geschenke des kleinen Volkes503GermanJacob & Wilhelm GrimmGermany1812
I due gobbi503ItalianItalo CalvinoItaly1956
The Wood Maiden503EnglishParker FillmoreCzech Republic & Slovakia1919

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Brewery of Eggshells 503 Celtic Internet Archive
Brewery of Eggshells 503 Celtic Internet Archive
De bochel 503 Netherlands 1934 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De schonmoaker en 't eerdmantje 503 Netherlands 1930 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Finger Lock 503 British Internet Archive
Food and Fire and Company 503 British Internet Archive
Four Little Dwarfs 503 Chilean Internet Archive
Gifts of the Little People 503 German Internet Archive
Goblin Combe 503 British Internet Archive
Goblin Combe 503 English Internet Archive
Inishkeen's on Fire 503 Irish Internet Archive
Inishkeen's on Fire 503 Irish Internet Archive
Miser and the Fairies of the Gump 503 British Internet Archive
Monkey's Jizo-sama 503 Japanesse Internet Archive
Old Men Who Had Wens 503 Japanesse Internet Archive
That's Enough to go on with 503 British Internet Archive
The Elves 503 German Internet Archive
Two Humps 503 British Internet Archive
Two Hunchbacks 503 Italian Internet Archive
Van heksen en maren: De bultenaars van Aken 503 Netherlands 1925 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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