ATU 850 The Birthmarks of the Princess

ATU 850

The Birthmarks of the Princess

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

Suitor test: to whom the princess turns. Rival suitors sleep with princess. The one she turns to is to have her. They vie in enticements. 4 variants
Recognition by birthmark. 2 variants
Test: guessing princess's birthmarks. 2 variants
Trickster exacts promise of marriage as price of silence after having seen a princess naked. 2 variants
Girl shows herself naked in return for youth's dancing hogs. 2 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.