ATU 1349L* Curing Fever by Dipping into Well

ATU 1349L*

Curing Fever by Dipping into Well

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

Pulling out the eye so that the pain will cease. He has had a tooth pulled and the pain ceased. 2 variants
Fool deceived into curing headache by removing his eyes. 2 variants
Dipping into cold water to cure fever, since hot iron is so cooled. 1 variant
Sick woman hung in well to cool off: drowned. Fool has cooled objects thus. 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.