ATU 706 The Maiden without Hands

ATU 706

The Maiden without Hands

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Other Tales Of The Supernatural · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Hands restored. 8 variants
Lowly heroine marries prince (king). 8 variants
King (prince) accidentally finds maiden and marries her. 8 variants
Child sold (promised) to devil (ogre). See also references to S220–S259, practically all of which apply here. 8 variants
Father casts daughter forth when she will not marry him. (Cf. T411.1.) 8 variants
Recognition by artificial hands. 4 variants
Calumniated wife. 4 variants
Calumniated wife: substituted letter (falsified message). The letter announcing the birth of her children changed on the way to the king, so that the queen is falsely accused. (Cf. K2115, K2116.) 4 variants
Hands cut off as punishment. (Cf. S161.) 4 variants
Father mutilates children. (Cf. S160.) 4 variants
Outcast wife at last united with husband and children. 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.