ATU 311 Rescue by the Sister

ATU 311

Rescue by the Sister

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

Death for breaking tabu. 12 variants
Ogre tricked into carrying his prisoners home in bag on his own back. 12 variants
Murder punished. (Cf. Q411.6, Q413.4, Q414.0.12, Q416.0.2, Q417.1, Q421.0.4, Q424.0.1, Q431.1, Q431.9, Q450.1.1, Q451.1.4, Q451.2.3, Q451.4.5, Q451.7.4, Q469.6, Q469.12, Q491.6, Q497, Q511, Q511.1, Q512.0.1, Q520.1, Q545, Q551.3.3, Q551.8.3, Q552.3.0.2, Q556.2, Q556.10, Q558.9, Q582.3.) 12 variants
Youngest sister rescues elder. (Cf. L50.) 12 variants
Escape by dressing in animal (bird, human) skin. 6 variants
Escape by use of substituted object. The object is attacked rather than the intended victim. 6 variants
Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre). (Cf. R10.1.) 6 variants
Tabu: eating human flesh. 4 variants
Forbidden chamber. Person allowed to enter all chambers of house except one. 4 variants
Bloody key as sign of disobedience. (Cf. C611, C813.) 4 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.