ATU 300 The Dragon-Slayer

ATU 300

The Dragon-Slayer

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

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Seven-headed dragon. 24 variants
Dragon-fighter's magic sleep. While waiting for fight with dragon, hero falls into magic sleep. (Cf. D1962.2.) 24 variants
Waking from magic sleep by letting tear fall on sleeper. 24 variants
Dragon-tongue proof. Dragon slayer cuts out the tongues and uses them later to prove his identity as slayer. 24 variants
Attention drawn by helpful animal's theft of food from wedding table; recognition follows. 24 variants
Impostors claim reward (prize) earned by hero. 24 variants
Impostor forces oath of secrecy. Hero or heroine swears not to tell of imposture. 24 variants
Princess offered as prize to rescuer. 24 variants
Sacrifice of human being to dragon. 12 variants
Helpful animals obtained by exchange. 12 variants
Helpful dog. (Cf. B524.1.1, B268.2.1. War-dogs.) 12 variants
Rescue tokens. Proof that hero has succeeded in rescue. (Cf. H105, H105.1, H105.2.) 12 variants
Periodic sacrifices to a monster. 12 variants
Fight with dragon. 8 variants
Dogs kill attacking cannibal (dragon). 8 variants
Rescue of princess (maiden) from dragon. 8 variants

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.