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

976: Which was the Noblest Act?

ATU > 850-999: REALISTIC TALES > 970-999: Other Realistic Tales > 976: Which was the Noblest Act?

Description

The bridegroom, the robber, and the lover. A bridegroom permits his bride to fulfill a promise to visit her lover on her wedding night. On the way she meets robbers. When he hears her story one of the robbers conducts her to her lover. On hearing her…

Variants

976A. The Thief Exposed by a Story

By their father three (four) brothers are left jewels, which one of the brothers steals. They appeal to a wise man to find the thief. The wise man tells the story, »Which was the Noblest Act,» (Type 976). The thief is discovered when he maintains…

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