ATU 551 Water of Life (previously The Sons on a Quest for a Wonderful Remedy for their Father)

ATU 551

Water of Life (previously The Sons on a Quest for a Wonderful Remedy for their Father)

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

Hero lies by sleeping girl and leaves identification token with her. 8 variants
Quest assigned by father. 8 variants
Youngest brother alone succeeds on quest. 8 variants
Quest for healing water. 8 variants
Quest for marvelous bird. 8 variants
Woman seeks unknown father of her child. 8 variants
Impostors claim reward (prize) earned by hero. 8 variants
Lowly hero marries princess. 8 variants
Magic healing water. (Cf. D1242.1.) 4 variants
Quest for marvelous remedy. 4 variants
Treacherous brother. Usually elder brother. 4 variants
Hero finds maiden in (magic) garden. 4 variants
Hero lies by princess in magic sleep and begets child. 4 variants
Ungrateful brothers plot against rescuer. 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.