ATU 570 The Rabbit-herd

ATU 570

The Rabbit-herd

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 pipe calls animals together. (Cf. D1224.) 3 variants
Task: filling a sack full of lies (truths). 3 variants
The bag of lies: threat to tell of queen's adultery. The boy, who is to tell the bag of lies, is stopped and his wishes granted. 3 variants
King induced to kiss horse's rump: trickster then threatens to tell. 3 variants
Girl shows herself naked in return for youth's dancing hogs. 3 variants
Tasks assigned suitors. Bride as prize for accomplishment. (For nature of tasks see H1000ff.) 1 variant
Task: herding rabbits. 1 variant
Princess offered as prize. 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.