ATU 91 Heart of Monkey as Medicine (previously Monkey [Cat] who Left his Heart at Home)

ATU 91

Heart of Monkey as Medicine (previously Monkey [Cat] who Left his Heart at Home)

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Animal Tales · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Escape by alleged possession of external soul. Monkey caught for his heart (as remedy) makes his captor believe that he has left his heart at home. 1 variant
Disease to be cured by heart of monkey. (Cf. K544.) 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.