ATU 285A The Man and the Wounded Snake (previously The Dead Child and the Snake's Tail)

ATU 285A

The Man and the Wounded Snake (previously The Dead Child and the Snake's Tail)

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Other Animals And Objects · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts, and the motifs below are the doors onward.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Grateful snake gives gold piece daily. 2 variants
Man attempts to kill faithful serpent at wife's instigation. Loses everything. 2 variants
Serpent (bird) having injured man refuses reconciliation. He knows that neither can forget their injuries. 1 variant
Insult worse than wound. The lion to the man: "The wound has healed, but the pain of harsh words still remains." 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.