ATU 327A Hansel and Gretel

ATU 327A

Hansel and Gretel

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

Cannibal fattens victim. 12 variants
Cannibal cuts captive's finger to test fatness. 12 variants
Captive sticks out bone instead of finger when cannibal tries to test his fatness. 12 variants
Abandoned children (wife, etc.) find way back by clue (bread-crumb, grain, pebble, etc.). They have dropped the objects while being led away. 12 variants
Crumb (grain) trail eaten by birds. Lost persons cannot find way back. 12 variants
Ogre burned in his own oven. 6 variants
Ogre deceived by feigned ignorance of hero. Hero must be shown how to get into oven (or the like). Ogre shows him and permits himself to be burnt. 6 variants
Abandonment in forest. 6 variants
Destitute parents abandon children. 6 variants
Gingerbread house. House made of cake. 4 variants
Children wander into ogre's house. 4 variants
Ogre's gingerbread house lures child. 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.