ATU 505 The Grateful Dead

ATU 505

The Grateful Dead

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

The grateful dead. 8 variants
Bargain: to divide all winnings. 8 variants
Dividing the winnings: half of the bride demanded. When the hero shows that he is willing to carry out the bargain, his helper relents. 8 variants
Hero ransoms maltreated picture of a saint. As reward he gets help from the grateful saint. 8 variants
Debtor deprived of burial. (Cf. Q421.0.1, Q491.) 8 variants
Rescue by grateful dead man. (Cf. E341.) 8 variants
Person thrown into the water and abandoned. 8 variants
Recognition by telling life history. 4 variants
Identification by ring dropped in glass (cup) of wine. 4 variants
Suitor contest: tournament. 4 variants
Tasks accomplished with help of grateful dead. 4 variants
Lowly hero marries princess. 4 variants
Princess ransomed from slavery. (Cf. R61.) 4 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.