ATU 537 The Flight on the Grateful Eagle (previously The Marvelous Eagle Gives the Hero a Box)

ATU 537

The Flight on the Grateful Eagle (previously The Marvelous Eagle Gives the Hero a Box)

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 bird. 2 variants
Kingdom (land) of birds. 2 variants
Man carried by bird. 2 variants
Tabu: looking into box (Pandora). 2 variants
Magic box containing castle. 2 variants
Prince plans to kill wicked father for cruelty. 2 variants
Animal grateful for relief from pain. 1 variant
Hospitality rewarded. 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.