ATU 900 King Thrushbeard

ATU 900

King Thrushbeard

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

Recognition by unmasking. 48 variants
Inspection test for suitors. Suitors for princess's hand must present themselves for public inspection. (Cf. H362, T55.7.) 48 variants
Princess to marry first man who asks for her. 48 variants
Prince marries scornful girl and punishes her. 48 variants
Beggar buys right to sleep before the girl's door, at foot of bed, in the bed. Usually with jewel. 24 variants
Menial disguise of princess's lover. 24 variants
Disguise as beggar (pauper). 24 variants
Lover buys admission to woman's room. 24 variants
Princess calls her suitors ugly names. 24 variants
Test of wife's patience. Griselda. Children stolen and attendance at wedding to another demanded. 8 variants
Test of wife's endurance. Haughty princess married to beggar and must endure poverty and menial work. 8 variants
Heroine endures hardships with menial husband. Rewarded by his success. 8 variants
Arrogant mistress repaid in kind by her lover. 8 variants
Princess must sell goods on market as punishment. 8 variants
Taming the shrew. By outdoing his wife in shrewishness the husband renders her obedient. 8 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.