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

590: The Prince and the Bracelets

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 560-649: Magic Objects > 590: The Prince and the Bracelets

Description

The youth whose evil stepmother seeks his life finds two armbands: strong. Adventures. Two lions become his helpers. The stepmother has his eyes put out. He is cured and the stepmother punished. Cf. Type 315. I. The Blue Band. (a) A boy traveling…

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
Det blå båndet590NorwegianAsbjørnsen & MoeNorway1841
Der Königssohn, der sich vor nichts fürchtet590GermanJacob & Wilhelm GrimmGermany1812
The Strong Prince590EnglishAndrew LangHungary1903

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Black Crow and the White Cheese 590 Egyptian Internet Archive
Blue Band 590 Norway Internet Archive
Foolish Boy 590 Chilean Internet Archive
Story of the Gallant Szerus 590 Hungarian Internet Archive
Strigla 590 Greek Internet Archive
The Blue Belt 590 Norse Internet Archive
The King's Son Who Is Afraid of Nothing 590 German Internet Archive

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