ATU 610 The Healing Fruits

ATU 610

The Healing Fruits

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

Lowly hero marries princess. 12 variants
Magic healing fruit. (Cf. D980.) 6 variants
Princess given to man who can heal her. 6 variants
Old woman helper. 6 variants
Princess offered as prize to rescuer. 6 variants
Victorious youngest son. 4 variants
Compassionate youngest son. Kind to people or animals: rewarded. 4 variants
Kind and unkind. Churlish person disregards requests of old person (animal) and is punished. Courteous person (often youngest brother or sister) complies and is rewarded. 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.