ATU 861 Sleeping at the Rendezvous

ATU 861

Sleeping at the Rendezvous

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

Lover's magic sleep at rendezvous. A lover (husband) is to meet his mistress but magically oversleeps. 1 variant
Princess declares her love through sign language: not understood. 1 variant
Wife substitutes for princess, who has been jailed with husband. Before judge says: "What harm is there in a man being with his own wife?" 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.