Mysterious housekeeper. Men find their house mysteriously put in order. Discover that it is done by a girl (frequently an animal transformed into a girl).
Chance and fate. · Helpers. · Human helpers. · view the constellation · filed as N831.1
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 18references
The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.
- Missouri FrenchCarrière
- SpanishEspinosa Jr. Nos. 71–74, 81, Espinosa II No. 114, Boggs FFC XC 48 No. 327D*
- ItalianBasile Pentamerone IV No. 6
- India*Thompson-Balys
- ChineseGraham
- KoreanZong in-Sob 30
- IndonesiaDeVries's list No. 152, Dixon 218
- Philippine (Tinguian)Cole 34
- Eskimo (Kodiak)Golder JAFL XVI 88, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 223
- N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 335 n. 207
- S. Am. Indian*Jijena Sanchez 23, (Surinam): Alexander Lat. Am. 274
- Africa (Ekoi)Talbot 134, 136, (Basuto): Jacottet 110 No. 16, (Kaffir): Theal 74, (Congo): Weeks 215 No. 11, (Zulu): Callaway 124.
- general *Type 709
- general **Böklen Sneewittchenstudien 89ff.
- general MacCulloch Childhood 261
- general *BP I 450ff.
- general Hatt Asiatic Influences 96–102. – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s. v. "menage"
- general New Britain, Philippine, Melanesia: Dixon 110 n. 25, 224 nn. 27, 28
Carried in tale types
- Snow White · ATU 70964 recorded variants