ATU 782 Midas and the Donkey's Ears

ATU 782

Midas and the Donkey's Ears

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

Person with ass's (horse's) ears. Midas. 2 variants
Secret physical peculiarity discovered by barber. (Midas.) 2 variants
Magic speaking reed (tree) betrays secret. King has whispered secret to hole in the ground. Reed growing from this hole tells the secret. 1 variant
Speaking musical instrument. (Cf. D1210.) 1 variant

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.