ATU 545A The Cat Castle

ATU 545A

The Cat Castle

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

Animal wins husband for mistress. 5 variants
Disenchantment by decapitation. 5 variants
Castle inhabited by ogres. 5 variants
Cat as sole inheritance. 5 variants
Speaking cat. 1 variant
Helpful dog. (Cf. B524.1.1, B268.2.1. War-dogs.) 1 variant
Helpful cat. 1 variant
Helpful fox. 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.