ATU 471 The Bridge to the Otherworld

ATU 471

The Bridge to the Otherworld

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

Transformation: man to stone. 4 variants
Extraordinary sights in otherworld. 4 variants
Enigmatic happenings in otherworld, which are later explained. 4 variants
Fat and lean kine in otherworld. 4 variants
People and things that strike one another in otherworld. 4 variants
Animals in otherworld pass in and out of church and become human beings. 4 variants
Quest to other world for samples of magic animals' food. 4 variants
Quest for lost sister. 4 variants
Bridge to land of dead. 2 variants
Bridge to otherworld. 2 variants
Youngest brother alone succeeds on quest. 2 variants
Youngest brother rescues his elder brothers. (Cf. L31.) 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.