ATU 879* King Serves his Future Wife

ATU 879*

King Serves his Future Wife

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

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King in disguise. 2 variants
Overheard wish is realized. 2 variants
Secret formula for opening treasure mountain overheard from robbers (Open Sesame). 1 variant
King in disguise to learn secrets of his subjects. 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.