ATU 875 The Clever Farmgirl [J1111

ATU 875

The Clever Farmgirl [J1111

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

Found mortar taken to king reveals peasant girl's wisdom. Peasant finds mortar in his field and against his daughter's advice takes it to the king, who demands the pestle as well. Peasant laments that he has not followed daughter's advice. King summons her. 46332 variants
Reductio ad absurdum: the decision about the colt. A man ties his mare to a second man's wagon. The mare bears a colt which the wagon-owner claims, saying that the wagon has borne a colt. Real owner of the colt shows the absurdity (1) by fishing in the street or (2) by telling that his wife is shooting fish in the garden. Neither of these things are so absurd as the decision. 46332 variants
The exiled wife's dearest possession. A wife driven from home is allowed by her husband to take her one dearest possession. She takes her sleeping husband and effects reconciliation. 46332 variants
Lowly heroine marries prince (king). 46332 variants
Suit for chickens produced from boiled eggs. Countertask: harvesting crop produced from cooked seeds. 23760 variants
Task: hatching boiled eggs; countertask: sowing cooked seeds and harvesting the crop. (Cf. H951, H952.) 23166 variants
What is strongest? Earth. 5772 variants
Riddle: what is the swiftest? 5772 variants
Riddle: what is sweetest? 5772 variants
Riddle: what is the richest? 5772 variants
What is most beautiful? The spring. 5772 variants
Clever peasant girl asked riddles by king. 5148 variants
King: Where shall I tie my horse? Maiden: Between summer and winter. (Between wagon and sleigh.) 5148 variants
Maiden (to king): The house has neither eyes nor ears. (No child at window nor dog in yard to announce king's approach: he therefore finds her not dressed to receive him.) 5148 variants
Maiden (to king): Shall I feed you with loss or gain. (A slaughtered hen or milk.) 5148 variants
Bride test: performance of tasks. 1188 variants
Wise carving of the fowl. Clever person divides it symbolically: head to head of house, neck to wife, wings to daughters, legs to sons; keeps rest for himself. 1188 variants
Riddle: how much is my beard (king's) worth? 1188 variants
Countertasks. When a task is assigned, the hero agrees to perform it as soon as the assigner performs a certain other task. (Cf. H691.2.1, H1021.1.1, H1021.3, H1021.6.1, H1021.6.2, H1022.2.1, H1022.3, H1022.9, H1023.1.1, H1023.1.2, H1023.2.2.1, H1023.9.1, H1023.10.1, H1142.3, H1146.) 1188 variants
Impossible tasks. 1188 variants
Task: making a rope of sand. 1188 variants
Task: weaving a silk shirt from hair; countertask: making a loom from shavings. (Cf. H951.) 1188 variants
Task: weaving cloth from two threads. 1188 variants
Task: hatching boiled eggs. 1188 variants
Task: sewing together a broken mill-stone. 1188 variants
Task: mending a broken jug. 1188 variants
Task: milking a bull. 1188 variants
Task: making a bull bear a calf. 1188 variants
Paradoxical tasks. 1188 variants
Task: coming neither on nor off the road. (Comes in the rut or the ditch at side of the road.) 1188 variants
Task: standing neither inside nor outside of gate. (Forefeet of horse inside, hind feet outside.) 1188 variants
Task: coming neither on horse nor on foot (riding nor walking). 1188 variants
Task: coming neither on horse nor on foot. (Comes on another animal.) 1188 variants
Task: coming neither on horse nor on foot. (Comes sitting on animal but with feet reaching ground.) 1188 variants
Task: coming neither on horse nor on foot. (Comes with one leg on animal's back, one on ground.) 1188 variants
Task: coming neither on horse nor on foot. (Coming drawn by an animal on net, trough, or sledge.) 1188 variants
Task: coming neither on horse nor on foot. (Walks on a stick horse.) 1188 variants
Task: coming neither on horse nor on foot. (Crawls on all fours.) 1188 variants
Task: coming neither naked nor clad. 1188 variants
Task: coming neither naked nor clad. (Comes wrapped in net or the like.) 1188 variants
Task: coming neither naked nor clad. (Comes clothed in own hair.) 1188 variants
Task: coming neither naked nor clad. (Comes with part of body clothed.) 1188 variants
Task: coming "neither in softness nor in hardness." (Comes clad in garments of mountain down.) 1188 variants
Task: coming neither barefoot nor shod. (Comes with one shoe on, one off; or in soleless shoes.) 1188 variants
Task: coming neither by day nor by night. (Comes at twilight.) 1188 variants
Task: standing between summer and winter. (Stands between wagon and sleigh.) 1188 variants
Task: coming neither with nor without a companion. (Comes with an animal.) 1188 variants
Task: coming neither washed nor unwashed. (Comes partly washed.) 1188 variants
Task: coming neither hungry nor satiated. (Eats a thin soup, a leaf, a single grain, or the like.) 1188 variants
Task: coming laughing and crying at once. (Rubs eyes with a twig to simulate crying.) 1188 variants
Task: bringing best friend, worst enemy, best servant, greatest pleasure-giver. (Brings dog, wife, ass, little son respectively.) 1188 variants
Task: selling a sheep (goat) and bringing it back along with the money. (Shears and sells wool; brings animal back.) 1188 variants
Task: preparing the food "Oh my". (Needle put in food which causes eater to say "Oh my!") 1188 variants
Recognition of disenchanted person by physical attributes. 702 variants
Recognition of disenchanted person by thread in his teeth. As werwolf he has torn woman's apron and caught thread in teeth. 702 variants
Werwolf killed and recognized by man's clothes under the wolf's skin or rosary on the neck. 702 variants
Person disenchanted from animal "unable to hide his tail." 702 variants
Person disenchanted from animal unable to eat after manner of men. 702 variants
Riddles of the superlative. 702 variants
Riddle: what is the strongest? 702 variants
What is the strongest? A horse. 702 variants
What is the strongest? God. 702 variants
What is strongest? Woman. 702 variants
What is strongest? Truth. 702 variants
What is mightiest? Rain. 702 variants
What is strongest? Necessity. 702 variants
What is strongest? Wine. 702 variants
What is strongest? The king. 702 variants
What is swiftest? Thought. 702 variants
What is swiftest? The eye. 702 variants
What is swiftest? The sun. 702 variants
What is sweetest? Sleep. 702 variants
What is sweetest? Peace in heaven. 702 variants
What is sweetest? Mother's breast. 702 variants
What is sweetest? One's own interest. 702 variants
What is sweeter than sugar? The princess's speech. 702 variants
Riddle: what is the sweetest song? 702 variants
What is the sweetest song? Angel song. 702 variants
Riddle: what is the sweetest sound? 702 variants
What is the sweetest sound? Bell-ringing. 702 variants
What is the sweetest sound? God's Word. 702 variants
What is richest? Autumn. 702 variants
Riddle: what is the hardest? 702 variants
What is hardest? Parent's heart (said by child being sacrificed). 702 variants
What is the hardest? Death. 702 variants
Riddle: what is costliest? 702 variants
What is costliest? The earth. 702 variants
Riddle: what is most beautiful? 702 variants
What is most beautiful? Earth. 702 variants
Riddle: what is highest? 702 variants
What is highest? Sun, moon, and stars. 702 variants
Riddle: what is deepest? 702 variants
What is deepest? The heart of man. 702 variants
Riddle: what is longest? 702 variants
What is longest? The way through the world. 702 variants
Riddle: what is the heaviest? 702 variants
What is heaviest? Lead. 702 variants
Riddle: what is greenest? 702 variants
What is greenest? The Month of May. 702 variants
Riddle: what is the most beloved? 702 variants
What is most beloved? Life. 702 variants
What is most beloved? Health. 702 variants
Riddle: what is best? 702 variants
What is best? God. 702 variants
What is best? Water. 702 variants
Riddle: what is brightest? 702 variants
What is brightest? The sun. 702 variants
What is brightest? Mother's eyes. (Cf. H662.) 702 variants
Riddle: what is softest? 702 variants
What is softest? The hand. (In order to lie soft one places his hand between the head and the pillow.) 702 variants
What is softest? Mother's bosom. 702 variants
Riddle: what is the fattest? 702 variants
What is the fattest? The earth. 702 variants
Riddles of the superlative – miscellaneous. 702 variants

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