ATU 503 The Gifts of the Little People

ATU 503

The Gifts of the Little People

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

Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by joining in their dance. 2 variants
Fairy gold. Fairies give coals (wood, earth) that turns to gold. 2 variants
Fairies remove hunchback's hump (or replace it). 2 variants
Foolish imitation of lucky man. Because one man has had good luck a numskull imitates and thinks he will have equal luck. He is disappointed. 2 variants
Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by joining in their song and completing it by adding the names of the days of the week. 1 variant
Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by playing for their dance. 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.