ATU 612
The Three Snake-Leaves
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
- Resuscitation by herbs (leaves). 12 variants
- Resuscitation of wife by husband giving up half his remaining life. (Sometimes vice versa). 12 variants
- The faithless resuscitated wife. Husband at great sacrifice has brought his wife back to life. She immediately deserts him and plots with a paramour against his life. (Cf. K2213.2.) 12 variants
- Faithful servant. 12 variants
- Treachery punished. (Cf. Q413.8, Q414.0.5, Q414.0.6.1, Q417.2, Q423, Q431.2, Q431.10, Q433.7, Q451.1.3, Q451.4.4, Q451.5.4, Q469.7.1, Q552.1.5, Q581.0.1.) 12 variants
- Faithless wife and paramour throw hero overboard. 6 variants
- Promise to be buried with wife if she dies first. 6 variants
- Burial of living husband or wife with dead spouse. 6 variants
- Person thrown into the water and abandoned. 6 variants
- Helpful serpent. 4 variants
- Medicine shown by animal. It heals another animal with a medicine (herb, water, etc.) and thus shows the man the remedy. Sometimes the medicine resuscitates the dead. (The animal is most frequently the serpent. (Cf. B491.) 4 variants
- Magic healing plant. (Cf. D965.) 4 variants