ATU 425M The Snake as Bridegroom (previously Bathing Girl's Garments Kept)

ATU 425M

The Snake as Bridegroom (previously Bathing Girl's Garments Kept)

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

Tabu: revealing secret of supernatural husband. 2 variants
Transformation: man to tree. 2 variants
Impossible tasks. 2 variants
Seduction (or wooing) by stealing clothes of bathing girl (swan maiden). 2 variants
Old woman helper. 2 variants
Task: traveling till iron shoes are worn out. 1 variant
Punishment: wandering till iron shoes are worn out. 1 variant

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.