ATU 567A The Magic Bird-Heart and the Separated Brothers

ATU 567A

The Magic Bird-Heart and the Separated Brothers

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

King selected by elephant's bowing to him. 2 variants
Compassionate executioner. A servant charged with killing the hero (heroine) arranges the escape of the latter. 2 variants
Separation of persons caused by looking for water. 2 variants
Stranger accidentally chosen king. Picked up by sacred elephant. 2 variants
Man thrown overboard to placate storm. (Cf. S263.5.3.) 2 variants
Potiphar's wife. A woman makes vain overtures to a man and then accuses him of attempting to force her. 1 variant
Evil stepmother casts boy forth. 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.