ATU 1430 The Man and his Wife Build Air Castles

ATU 1430

The Man and his Wife Build Air Castles

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

Absurd plans. Air-castles. 1 variant
Quarrel and fight over details of air-castles. 1 variant
Air-castle shattered by lack of forethought. 1 variant
Air-castle: the jar of honey to be sold. In his excitement he breaks the jar. 1 variant
Air-castle: basket of glassware to be sold. In his excitement he breaks the glassware. 1 variant
Air-castle: basket of eggs to be sold. In her excitement she breaks all the eggs. 1 variant
Air-castle: pail of milk to be sold. Proud milkmaid tosses her head (or kicks the pail in her sleep) and spills the milk. 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.