ATU 562 The Spirit in the Blue Light

ATU 562

The Spirit in the Blue Light

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

Magic object found in underground room. 16 variants
Magic object draws woman to man. 16 variants
Abandoned children (wife, etc.) find way back by clue (bread-crumb, grain, pebble, etc.). They have dropped the objects while being led away. 16 variants
Disenchantment by removing cause of enchantment. 8 variants
Magic object saves person from execution. 8 variants
Life bound up with light (flame). 8 variants
Goods stolen while owner sleeps. 8 variants
Magic fire-steel summons genie. (Cf. D1175.2.) 4 variants
Magic light summons genie. (Cf. D1162.) 4 variants
Magic wishing-object. Object causes wishes to be fulfilled. 4 variants
Helpful genie (spirit). 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.