ATU 326
The Youth Who Wanted to Learn What Fear Is
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
- Ghosts haunt house. (It is sometimes hard to tell whether haunters are supposed to be ghosts or familiar spirits of some kind.) 1 variant
- Ghostly barber. 1 variant
- Dead persons play cards. 1 variant
- Dead persons bowl. 1 variant
- Quest: learning what fear is. 1 variant
- Fear test. A person is put to various tests in the attempt to make him show fear. 1 variant
- Fear test: staying under gallows at night. 1 variant
- Fearless hero frightened by being awakened with cold water. 1 variant
- Fearless hero frightened by being awakened by eels put down his back. 1 variant
- Reward for fearlessness. Reward given by devil or ghost. 1 variant