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

726: The Oldest on the Farm

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 700-749: Other Tales of the Supernatural > 726: The Oldest on the Farm

Description

A wayfarer asks for a night's lodging at a farm. He meets a very old man outside, but he is shown to his father who has to decide, and so on up to the seventh generation [F571.2]. Sometimes mixed up with fairy tradition: the old troll finishes by…

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Den syvende far i huset	726	Norwegian	Asbjørnsen & Moe	Norway	1841
The Father Of The Family	726	English	George Dasent	Norway	1908

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Source
Old Man Crying	726	United States	Internet Archive
Old Troll and the Handshake	726	Norway	Internet Archive
Oldest on the Farm	726	British	Internet Archive
Painswick Ancients	726	British	Internet Archive
Sean na Banoige	726	Irish	Internet Archive
Three Old Men of Painswick	726	British	Internet Archive

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