ATU 432 The Prince as Bird

ATU 432

The Prince as Bird

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

Marriage to person in bird form. (Cf. B602, D150.) 2 variants
Lover as bird visits mistress. 2 variants
Quest for vanished lover. (Cf. H1381.2.1.1.) 2 variants
Disguise of woman in man's clothes. (Cf. K1825.) 2 variants
Modest request: present from the journey. Asked what her father shall bring her as a present, the heroine chooses a modest gift. It is usually a flower but sometimes does not turn out to be such a simple gift after all (golden cloak, golden apple). 2 variants
Secret remedy overheard in conversation of animals (witches). 2 variants
Treacherous stepsisters. 1 variant
Wounding by trapping with sharp knives (glass). 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.