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

910B: The servant's good counsels

ATU > 850-999: REALISTIC TALES > 910-919: Good Precepts > 910B: The servant's good counsels

Description

Do not leave the highway, etc. The traveler leaves it and falls into the hands of robbers. When you are angry repeat the Lord's Prayer. He is about to kill the man sleeping with his wife: it is his son. Iron is more precious than gold, etc. Cf. Type…

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
He Wins Who Waits910BEnglishAndrew LangArmenia1907
The Five Wise Words Of the Guru910BEnglishAndrew LangIndia1907

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Achtste vertelling 910B Netherlands 1804 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Cheater-cheated 910B Russian Internet Archive
Drie goede levenslessen 910B Netherlands 1896 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Een goede raad in drieën. 910B Netherlands 1970 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Five Counsels 910B Mexican Internet Archive
Gobborn Seer 910B British Internet Archive
Long Wait 910B US West Virginia Internet Archive
Patient Suitor 910B Armenian Internet Archive
Pottle of Brains 910B British Internet Archive
Tale of Ivan 910B British Internet Archive
Tale Within a Tale 910B Arab Internet Archive
The Tale of Ivan 910B Celtic Internet Archive
Three good Advices 910B British Internet Archive
Three Words of Advice 910B Greek Internet Archive
Tinner of Chyannor 910B British Internet Archive
Wisely Spent 910B Armenian Internet Archive
Yalla-Britches 910B British Internet Archive

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