ATU 896 The Lecherous Holy Man and the Maiden in a Box

ATU 896

The Lecherous Holy Man and the Maiden in a Box

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

Tiger instead of girl in box tears lecherous teacher to pieces. 4 variants
Seduction by having maiden placed in floating chest. 2 variants
Monk persuades a father to set daughter afloat in box: monk seduces her. 2 variants
Monkey instead of girl in floating basket: hermit made laughing-stock. He has persuaded girl's foolish father to place her in the basket. Prince takes girl and leaves monkey in her place. (Cf. K1333, K1674.) 2 variants
Bear (tiger) substituted for woman in floating box; kills villain who tries to steal the woman. (Cf. K1625.) 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.