ATU 403 The Black and the White Bride

ATU 403

The Black and the White Bride

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

Man unharmed in den of animals. (Cf. B771.2.1.) 4 variants
Transformation: man to goose. 4 variants
Transformed mother suckles child. 4 variants
Disenchantment by decapitation. 4 variants
Disenchantment by drawing blood. 4 variants
Magic beautification. 4 variants
Magic hideousness. (Cf. D1337, D1860, M400.) 4 variants
Task: bringing berries (fruit, roses) in winter. 4 variants
The false bride (substituted bride). An impostor takes the wife's place without the husband's knowledge and banishes (kills, transforms) the wife. 4 variants
False bride takes true bride's place when child is born. 4 variants
Curse: toads from mouth. 4 variants
Kind and unkind. Churlish person disregards requests of old person (animal) and is punished. Courteous person (often youngest brother or sister) complies and is rewarded. 4 variants
Treachery punished. (Cf. Q413.8, Q414.0.5, Q414.0.6.1, Q417.2, Q423, Q431.2, Q431.10, Q433.7, Q451.1.3, Q451.4.4, Q451.5.4, Q469.7.1, Q552.1.5, Q581.0.1.) 4 variants
Throwing into pit of snakes as punishment. 4 variants
Cruel stepmother. 4 variants
Cast-off wife thrown into water. (Cf. S142.) 4 variants
Love through sight of picture. 4 variants
Jewels from hair. 2 variants
Treasure falls from mouth. (Cf. D992.2, D1454.3.) 2 variants
Lowly heroine marries prince (king). 2 variants
King (prince) accidentally finds maiden and marries her. 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.