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

844: The Luck-bringing Shirt

ATU > 750-849: RELIGIOUS TALES > 827-849: Other Religious Tales > 844: The Luck-bringing Shirt

Description

The king becomes lucky when he puts on the shirt of a lucky man. The only man who says he is lucky has no shirt. [N135.3].

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External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Devil and Our Lord 844 German Internet Archive
It himd fan in lokkich man 844 Netherlands 1973 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
King's Unhappy Son 844 US West Virginia Internet Archive
No Justice on Earth 844 African-American Internet Archive
Virgin Mary and the Goats 844 Arab Internet Archive

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