ATU 2012 The Days of the Week (previously The Forgetful Man Counts the Days of the Week)

ATU 2012

The Days of the Week (previously The Forgetful Man Counts the Days of the Week)

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

Motifs the recorded variants carry

The forgetful man counts the days of the week. On Monday they go to mill, etc. He thus discovers that it is Sunday. 1 variant
Widower tells of his courtship, his marriage, and the death of his wife, all in a week. 1 variant
Life story in ten hours: "At one I was born .... at ten my child's soul was crowned in heaven." 1 variant
Bird advises man to treat his lazy children as she does her young: "In March I make my nest .... in August I have nothing more to do with my young." 1 variant
"Solomon Grundy, born on Monday .... buried on Sunday." 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.