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

710: The Black Madonna

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 700-749: Other Tales of the Supernatural > 710: The Black Madonna

Description

A girl comes into possession of her foster mother through an unwitting promise to her father. The girl falsely denies having looked into a forbidden room, and becomes dumb. She becomes the wife of the king...

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Jomfru Maria som gudmor	710	Norwegian	Asbjørnsen & Moe	Norway	_
Geitensnoet	710	Dutch	Rien Valkhoff	Italy	_
Het kind van Maria	710	Dutch	M.M. de Vries-Vogel	Germany	1940
Das Ziegengesicht	710	German	_	Italy	_
Marienkind	710	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
La figlia della Madonna	710	Italian	_	Germany	_
Con đức bà Maria	710	Vietnamese	_	Germany	_
Дитя Марии	710	Russian	_	Germany	_
Mariebarnet	710	Danish	_	Germany	_
A protegida de Maria	710	Portuguese	_	Germany	_
La hija de la Virgen María	710	Spanish	_	Germany	_
The Lassie and Her Godmother	710	English	George Dasent	Norway	1912
Our Lady's Child	710	English	Margaret Hunt	Germany	_
Goat-Face	710	English	_	Italy	_
Szűz Mária leánya	710	Hungarian	Benedek Elek	Germany	_
O Marišce	710	Czech	Božena Němcová	Czech Republic	1845
La Facce de Crapa	710	Neapolitan	Giambattista Basile	Italy	_

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Source
Juanita	710	Chilean	Internet Archive
Mary's Child	710	German	Internet Archive
The Lassie and her Godmother	710	Norse	Internet Archive

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