Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales
871: Princess and Ogress
Description
A princess in a forbidden chamber sees a man's picture and falls in love. A magician as bird brings the princess at night to the lover. Once they stay too late. The sun sees them, so that the magician bursts and dies. The girl left alone becomes…
Variants
871A. The Unfaithful Queen
A girl goes to the king's garden (or underworld) and sees the queen meet a black lover [T232]. She denounces the queen and eventually marries the king. Cf. Type 1511.
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Text title | ATU | Language | Author | Origin | Publication Date |
Il Re superbo | 871 | Italian | Italo Calvino | Italy | 1956 |
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