ATU 332 Godfather Death

ATU 332

Godfather Death

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

Magic power of seeing Death at head or foot of bed and thus forecasting progress of sickness. 4 variants
Respite from death granted until prayer is finished. It lasts till rescue comes. 4 variants
Death cheated by moving bed. The man who has chosen Death as his godfather has his bed turned around when he sees Death standing at the foot of his bed. He thus escapes death. 4 variants
Life-lights in lower world. Each light mystically connected with the life of a person. When light is extinguished, person dies. 2 variants
Death preferred above God and Justice. 2 variants
Let me live as long as this candle lasts. Man who has sold his soul to devil thus escapes. (Cf. G303.12.5.4.) 2 variants
Death personified. 2 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.