ATU 759D The Punishment of the Angel

ATU 759D

The Punishment of the Angel

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

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Revolting devil banished to hell. 12 variants
Origin of penance for sin. 12 variants
Omniscience of a god. 12 variants
Magic wisdom received from supernatural being. 12 variants
Soul taken away by God (angel). 12 variants
Angel explains to hermit why God lets a sinner die in peace and have big funeral while holy hermit is slain by a wild beast. 6 variants
Evil mother has fine funeral, good father poor. 6 variants
Prophecy from enigmatical laugh. (Cf. N456.) 6 variants
Enigmatical smile (laugh) reveals secret knowledge. 6 variants
Revolt of evil angels against God. 4 variants
Angels of death fail to bring soul to heaven. 4 variants
Angel of death spares mother who is suckling children. As punishment angel must serve as sexton. 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.