ATU 655
The Wise 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
- Marvelous sensitiveness: meat (wine) tastes of corpse. Has been near grave. 1 variant
- Marvelous sensitiveness: meat is dog's flesh. 1 variant
- Test of paternity: adhesion of blood. Blood of real son will adhere to dead father's bones. 1 variant
- Deductions from observation. 1 variant
- Deduction: the one-eyed camel. A she-camel has passed, blind in one eye; on the one side she carries wine and on the other vinegar; two men lead her, one a heathen and the other a Jew. Solution: She is recognized as a she-camel by the footprints; she is blind because she feeds on only one side of the road; the wine dropping down has soaked into the earth; the vinegar makes bubbles; the heathen is not so careful in his manners as is the Jew. 1 variant
- Deduction: the king is a bastard. After dinner the king begins to dance. He is therefore called illegitimate. His mother acknowledges an intrigue with a dancer. 1 variant