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)

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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

Filed across the traditions

Missouri French Carrière
Spanish Espinosa Jr. Nos. 71–74, 81, Espinosa II No. 114, Boggs FFC XC 48 No. 327D*
Italian Basile Pentamerone IV No. 6
India *Thompson-Balys
Chinese Graham
Korean Zong in-Sob 30
Indonesia DeVries'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

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1 finer motif beneath it

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