ATU 517 The Boy who Understands the Language of Birds (previously The Boy who Learned Many Things)

ATU 517

The Boy who Understands the Language of Birds (previously The Boy who Learned Many Things)

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

Expulsion to avoid fulfillment of prophecy. 4 variants
Prophecy of future greatness fulfilled when hero returns home unknown. Parents serve him. 4 variants
Prophetic bird. (Cf. B172.) 2 variants
Bird language. 2 variants
Knowledge of animal languages. Person understands them. 2 variants
Prophecy of future greatness given by animals. 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.