Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales
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750A. Foolish Wishes
Christ and Peter grant a poor peasant who has received them hospitably three good wishes; the rich one, however, they grant three evil wishes. Cf. Type 330A.
I. Hospitality Rewarded. (a) Christ and Peter (a god, or other supernatural being) reward…
750B. The Revived Mortem
After a pious beggar has been refused hospitality in a house where a wedding is taking place, he is hospitably received in a poor man's house. The peasant's only cow is killed for him. It comes to life again (or new cows appear) [Q1, Q141].
750D. Three Brothers each Granted a Wish by an Angel Visitor
They choose (1) plenty of wine, (2) sheep, (3) a good wife. Later as beggar he is refused hospitality by the two elder and he takes their wine and sheep away. The youngest and his wife are rewarded for hospitality. (Sometimes sacrifice of a child is…
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| Text title | ATU | Language | Author | Origin | Publication Date |
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| Der Arme und der Reiche | 750A | German | Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm | Germany | 1812 |
| El pan | 750B | Spanish | Fernán Caballero | Spain | _ |
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