ATU 980
The Ungrateful Son (previously Ungrateful Son Reproved by Naive Actions of Own Son)
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
- Ungrateful son reproved by naïve action of his own son: preparing for old age. Man gives his old father half a carpet to keep him warm. Child keeps the other half and tells his father that he is keeping it for him when he grows old. 1 variant
- Ungrateful son reproved by naïve action of his own son: preparing for old age (wooden drinking cup or bowl). 1 variant
- Undutiful son rebuked by father. Father tells son not to drag him past the threshold, because he had dragged his own father only up to that point when he had thought of putting him out of his house. 1 variant