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

505: Grateful dead

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 500-559: Supernatural Helpers > 505: Grateful dead

Description

Through the assistance of the dead man the hero wins the princess and the castle [E341.1]. (For detailed relationship see Types 506-508. Cf. also Types 513-514, and 545A and B.)

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
Bella fronte505ItalianItalo CalvinoItaly1956
Giuseppe Ciufolo che se non zappava suonava lo zufolo505ItalianItalo CalvinoItaly1956

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Bald Man at the Funeral 505 Arab Internet Archive
Box with Bones 505 Israeli Internet Archive
Boy and his Guardian or Kindness Rewarded 505 Greek Internet Archive
De dankbare doode. 505 Netherlands 1899 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De founling en de prinses 505 Netherlands 1951 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De kanofarder en de prinses 505 Netherlands 1971 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Fair Brow 505 Italian Internet Archive
Four Eggs for a Penny 505 British Internet Archive
Golden Duck 505 US West Virginia Internet Archive
Grateful Fish 505 Egyptian Internet Archive
Jack and the Ghosts 505 British Internet Archive
John of Calais 505 French Internet Archive
Joseph Ciufulo, Tiller-Flutist 505 Italian Internet Archive
Schonmoakersknecht 505 Netherlands 1930 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Van de Koningsdochter 505 Netherlands 1888 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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