ATU 920 The Son of the King and the Son of the Smith

ATU 920

The Son of the King and the Son of the Smith

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

Unknown prince shows his kingly qualities in dealing with his playmates. 4 variants
King (father) assigns tasks to his unknown son. 4 variants
Compassionate executioner. A servant charged with killing the hero (heroine) arranges the escape of the latter. 4 variants
Respite from death until victim has blown on a horn (three times). Rescuers come. 4 variants
Disguise as herdsman (shepherd, swineherd, etc.) 4 variants
Son of the king and of the smith exchanged. 4 variants
Children abandoned (exposed). 4 variants
Wisdom of child decides lawsuit. King in disguise sees child's game which represents the case. 2 variants
Child unwittingly betrays his mother's adultery. Tells father not to step across chalk line drawn around secretary; if he does secretary may do to him what he did to Mother the other day. 2 variants
Unknown prince chosen chief of children in play. 2 variants
Child speaks in mother's womb. 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.