ATU 710 Our Lady's Child

ATU 710

Our Lady's Child

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

Forbidden chamber. Person allowed to enter all chambers of house except one. 27 variants
Golden finger as sign of opening forbidden chamber. (Cf. C611.) 27 variants
Witch steals children. 27 variants
Innocent woman accused of killing her new-born children. 27 variants
King (prince) finds maiden in woods (tree) and marries her. 27 variants
Virgin Mary as foster mother. 27 variants
Dumbness as punishment for breaking tabu. (Cf. C311.1.4.) 9 variants
Speech magically recovered on execution stake. 9 variants
Recognition by overheard conversation with objects. 9 variants
Magic manifestation at execution proves innocence. 9 variants
Choice: loss of beauty or speech. Latter chosen. 9 variants
Loss of speech as punishment. 9 variants
Child sold (promised) to devil (ogre). See also references to S220–S259, practically all of which apply here. 9 variants
Children unwittingly promised (sold). (Cf. S211.) 9 variants
Child unwittingly promised: "what you have at home." The man thinks it is a cat (dog). 9 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.