ATU 440 The Frog King or Iron Henry

ATU 440

The Frog King or Iron Henry

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

Speaking frog. 3 variants
Tabu: letting ball fall into water. 3 variants
Other means of disenchantment. 3 variants
Iron bands around heart to keep it from breaking. When master is disenchanted, bands around heart of faithful servant snap one by one. 3 variants
Girl promises herself to animal suitor. 3 variants
Disenchantment by decapitation. 1 variant
Beauty and the beast. Disenchantment of animal by being kissed by woman (man). 1 variant
Disenchantment by sexual intercourse. Man disenchants woman in form of a bear. 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.