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

851A: Turandot

ATU > 850-999: REALISTIC TALES > 850-869: The Man Marries the Princess > 851A: Turandot

Description

Princess sets riddles for her suitors to be answered on pain of death: riddle of the sun, of the ocean, of the year.

See also: 571,574,621,725

Motives

H762, H734, H721.1

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