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

830: Refusal to Ask God's Blessing

ATU > 750-849: RELIGIOUS TALES > 827-849: Other Religious Tales > 830: Refusal to Ask God's Blessing

Variants

830A. The Boastful Deer-slayer

The man shoots a stag but denies that God has given it to him and insists that he shot it himself. [J151.4]. The wounded stag jumps up and flees.

830B. "My Crops will Thrive here without God's Blessing."

This is the answer a proud farmer tolling on rich soil, gives to the traveler's (God's) greeting, »God bless you». The only crops he succeeds with grow up where the traveler has left his footmarks. The farmer of the poor soil, because he put his…

830C. If God Wills

Person has successive misfortunes while making plans because he forgets to say, »If God wills.» [N385.1].

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
I biellesi, gente dura	830	Italian	Italo Calvino	Italy	1956

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
If God Wills	830B	Arab			Internet Archive
Those Stubborn Souls, the Biellese	830B	Italian			Internet Archive

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