Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales
756: Forgiveness and Redemption
Description
The hard penance and the green twigs on the dry branch.
Variants
756A. The Self-righteous Hermit
A hermit who says of a man being taken to the gallows that he has been punished justly must do penance by wandering as a beggar until three twigs grow on a dry branch. He converts a band of robbers with the story of his misfortunes. The green twigs…
756B. Deal with the Devil
I. Journey for the Contract. (a) A boy who has been sold to the devil before birth journeys to hell to get back the contract. (b) A hermit, from whom he has asked the way, directs him to a robber, his brother. (c) The robber takes him to hell.
II.…
756C. Receipt from Hell
I. The Crime. (a) A man seeks to do penance and receive forgiveness for murdering ninety-nine men, (b) for murdering his parents, or for shooting at a consecrated wafer.
II. The Penance. (a) After vainly seeking a confessor, he is finally assigned…
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