• The AarneThompsonUther Index (ATU Index) is a catalogue of folktale types used in folklore studies. The ATU Index is the product of a series of revisions...
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  • as Thompson's motif-index, the catalogue has been extensively used in folklore studies, where folklorists commonly use it in tandem with the Aarne–Thompson–Uther...
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  • According to the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index, the serpent can appear in this capacity in the following tale types: Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index tale type ATU...
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  • Laurence Paul Elwell-Sutton. It is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as ATU 314, "Goldener". Although it differs from variants wherein...
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  • folklorist". He is the "Thompson" of the AarneThompsonUther Index, which indexes folktales by type, and the author of the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature...
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  • type ATU 408, "The Love for Three Oranges", of the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index. As with The Three Oranges, the tale deals with a prince's search...
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    in Copenhagen by C. A. Reitzel. The tale is classified in the AarneThompsonUther Index as ATU 704, "The Princess and the Pea". The story tells of a prince...
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    Folklorists have classified fairy tales in various ways. The AarneThompsonUther Index and the morphological analysis of Vladimir Propp are among the...
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    general cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom, and is classified in the AarneThompsonUther Index as tale type ATU 433B, a type that deals with maidens disenchanting...
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  • general cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom, and is classified in the AarneThompsonUther Index as tale type ATU 433B, "King Lindworm", a type that deals with...
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  • type ATU 408, "The Love for Three Oranges", of the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index. As with The Three Oranges, the tale deals with a prince's search...
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    for the Lost Husband, and is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU 425A, "The Animal (Monster) as Bridegroom". Other...
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  • general cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom, and is classified in the AarneThompsonUther Index as tale type ATU 433B, "King Lindworm", a type that deals with...
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    Goldesel und Knüppel aus dem Sack. The tale is classified in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU 563, "The Table, the Ass, and the Stick", as...
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    to the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index, the understanding of the language of birds can appear in the following tale types: Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index tale type...
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  • Bird - both tales classified, according to the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index, as tale type ATU 432, "The Prince as Bird". A king has six daughters...
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    folktale type classified as no. 1645 ("The Treasure at Home") in the AarneThompsonUther Index of folktales: "A man dreams that if he goes to a distant city...
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    "The Man on a Quest for the Lost Wife", of the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index. In addition, the initial part of the tale, classified as type...
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  • Fehérlófia, a "Hungarian folk hero". The tale is classified in the AarneThompsonUther Index as tale type ATU 301, "The Three Stolen Princesses". However,...
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    "devil" named Terry-top. All these tales are classified in the AarneThompsonUther Index as tale type ATU 500, "The Name of the Supernatural Helper". According...
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  • person. It falls within the classification of Type 709 in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index. The Brothers Grimm published Snow White in 1812 in the first...
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    Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf (a tale classified in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 550, "Bird, Horse and Princess") and some others....
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    international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 130, "The Animals in Night Quarters (Bremen Town Musicians)". Folklorists Stith Thompson and Barre Toelken...
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    motif of the calumniated wife and classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 707, "The Three Golden Children". A long time ago...
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  • to type ATU 425B, "The Son of the Witch", of the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index. Type 425B is considered by scholarship to correspond to the ancient...
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  • "folktales" in the Quran that fit the pattern of those included in the AarneThompsonUther Index of folklore narratives. Peter G. Bietenholz has also noted legends...
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  • to type ATU 425B, "The Son of the Witch", of the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index. Type 425B is considered by scholarship to correspond to the ancient...
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    Folklorist and scholar Stith Thompson noted two tale types that closely resemble legends about vampires: Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index ATU 307, "The Princess in...
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    Narodnye russkie skazki, numbered 113. It is classified in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU 480A*. Once there was a couple who had both a...
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  • tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 99. In the AarneThompsonUther Index, it is type 331. Once upon a time, there was an old woodcutter...
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