ATU 1542 The Clever Boy

ATU 1542

The Clever Boy

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

Fatal imitation. (Cf. J2411.1, J2411.2, J2413.4.2, J2422.) 1 variant
Alleged self-cooking kettle sold. 1 variant
Pseudo-magic resuscitating object sold. Dupe kills his wife (mother) and is unable to resuscitate her. 1 variant
Trickster pretends to ride home for tools to perform tricks. Rides away on horse. 1 variant
Dupe persuaded to take prisoner's place in a sack: killed. The bag is to be thrown into the sea. The trickster keeps shouting that he does not want to go to heaven (or marry the princess); the dupe gladly substitutes for him. (Cf. K714.2.1.) 1 variant
Man disguised as woman admitted to women's quarters: seduction. 1 variant
Lowly hero marries princess. 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.