• 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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    and His Pupil» in Catalogues of Tale Types by A. Aarne (1910), AarneThompson (1928, 1961), G. Uther (2004), N. P. Andreev (1929) and L. G. Barag (1979)"...
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  • folklore studies, where folklorists commonly use it in tandem with the AarneThompsonUther Index (ATU), an index used for folktale type analysis. The motif-index...
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  • described as "America's most important folklorist". He is the "Thompson" of the AarneThompsonUther Index, which indexes folktales by type, and the author of...
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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...
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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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    folktales of AarneThompsonUther type 440 about slimy suitors" Uther, Hans-Jörg (2004). The Types of International Folktales: A Classification and Bibliography...
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    the end of the traveler's journey. The "grateful dead" story is AarneThompsonUther type 505. Folkloristic scholarship classifies ATU types 505–508 under...
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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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  • of the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index (henceforth, ATU), published in 1961 when the index was still called Aarne-Thompson Index (henceforth, AaTh)...
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    the prince's brother. The tale is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU 426, "The Two Girls, the Bear, and the Dwarf":...
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    after with laughter in their hearts. The tale is classified in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU 870, "The Princess Confined in the Mound"...
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  • Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. It combines Aarne-Thompson-Uther types 857, "The Louse-Skin" and ATU 653, "The Four Skillful Brothers"...
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    classified as AarneThompsonUther ATU 545B, "Puss in Boots", a subtype of ATU 545, "The Cat as Helper". Folklorists Joseph Jacobs and Stith Thompson point that...
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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...
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  • animal closely. Most of the tales are formally catalogued as either Aarne-Thompson-Uther folktale type 301, "The Three Stolen Princesses" or ATU type 650A...
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    Red Cap" or simply "Red Riding Hood". It is number 333 in the AarneThompson classification system for folktales. The story centers around a girl named...
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    in 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...
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    studies, the story of the Tar-Baby is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU 175, "The Tar-Baby and the Rabbit". Variations...
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  • Blue 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...
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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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    recognizes that the tale of Etana helping an eagle fits into the AarneThompsonUther tale type ATU 537, "The Eagle as helper: hero carried on the wings...
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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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    400, "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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  • Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes", in The Green Fairy Book. It is Aarne-Thompson type 511. It is an anomalous fairy tale, in that the protagonist is...
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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...
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  • process. The East Slavic type corresponds, in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index, to type ATU 531, "The Clever Horse". Alexander Afanasyev collected...
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    of tale type ATU 408, "The Three Oranges", of the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index. However, variants are recorded from oral tradition among European...
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  • originally published in 1844. The tale is related, in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index, to tale type ATU 425, "The Search for the Lost Husband" and...
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    treasures to the prince. The tale is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 502, "The Wild Man as Helper". The oldest variant...
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