ATU 707 The Three Golden Children (previously The Three Golden Sons)

ATU 707

The Three Golden Children (previously The Three Golden Sons)

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, and the motifs below are the doors onward.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Transformation: man to marble column. 256 variants
Star on forehead as sign of royalty. 256 variants
Child born with chain around neck: sign of royalty. 256 variants
Attention drawn by magic objects: recognition follows. 256 variants
Quest for Bird of Truth. 256 variants
Quest for singing tree. 256 variants
Son seeks unknown father. 256 variants
Animal-birth slander. A woman is accused of having given birth to animals. Her children are put out of the way and animals substituted. 256 variants
Wish for exalted husband realized. Girls make wish that they may marry king (prince, etc.). It so happens. 256 variants
Old woman helper. 256 variants
Miller rescues abandoned child. 256 variants
Fisher rescues abandoned child. 256 variants
Sister rescues brother(s). 256 variants
Bird reveals treachery. (Cf. B133.2.) 128 variants
Gold (silver) hairs as sign of royalty. 128 variants
Pearls from hair as sign of royalty. 128 variants
Substitution of false bride revealed by animal. 128 variants
Calumniated wife. 128 variants
Lowly heroine marries prince (king). 128 variants
King overhears girl's boast as to what she should do as queen. Marries her. 128 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.) 128 variants
Person thrown into the water and abandoned. 128 variants
Children abandoned (exposed). 128 variants
Persecuted wife. 128 variants
Outcast wife at last united with husband and children. 128 variants
Quest for marvelous objects or animals. 64 variants
Quest for Water of Life (water which will resuscitate). 64 variants
Quest for dancing water. 64 variants
Quest for singing water. 64 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.