ATU 1313A The Man Takes Seriously the Prediction of Death

ATU 1313A

The Man Takes Seriously the Prediction of Death

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Anecdotes And Jokes · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Numskull is told that he is to die when his horse breaks wind three times. When this happens he lies down for dead. 1 variant
Man believes he will die when he gets a scarlet thread on his coat. 1 variant
The dead man speaks up. A numskull who has lain down thinking he is dead is carried off in a bier. The carriers lose their way. He speaks up, "I always went that way when I was alive." 1 variant

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.