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The Aarne–Thompson tale type index is a multivolume listing designed to help folklorists identify recurring plot patterns in the narrativestructures of traditional folktales, so that folklorists can organize, classify, and analyze the folktales they research. First developed by Antti Aarne(1867–1925) and published as Verzeichnis der Märchentypen in 1910, the tale type index was later translated, revised, and enlarged by StithThompson (1885–1976) in 1928 and again in 1961 (Dundes, 195).

The Aarne-Thompson tale type index is an essential tool for folklorists because, as Dundes explains, “the identification of folk narratives throughmotif and/or tale type numbers has become an international sine qua non among bona fide folklorists” (195). Since the tale type index concerns themotif structures of folktales, it focuses more on the morphology of folktales than on the details of their characters' actions.

The Aarne-Thompson tale type index organizes folktales into broad categories like Animal Tales, Fairy Tales, Religious Tales, etc. Within eachcategory, folktale types are further subdivided by motif patterns until individual types are listed.

Contents1 Use by folkloristics2 Organizing folktale types3 Hans-Jörg Uther4 Response5 Types

5.1 Animal tales5.1.1 Wild Animals 1-99

5.1.1.1 The Clever Fox or other animal 1-695.1.1.2 Other Wild Animals 70-99

5.1.2 Wild Animals and Domestic Animals 100-1495.1.3 Wild Animals and Humans 150-1995.1.4 Domestic Animals 200-2195.1.5 Other Animals and Objects 220-299

5.2 Fairy Tales5.2.1 Supernatural Opponents 300 - 3995.2.2 Supernatural or Enchanted Relatives 400-459

5.2.2.1 Wife 400-4245.2.2.2 Husband 425-4495.2.2.3 Brother or Sister 450-459

5.2.3 Supernatural Tasks 460-4995.2.4 Supernatural Helpers 500-5595.2.5 Magic Items 560-6495.2.6 Supernatural Power or Knowledge 650-6995.2.7 Other stories of the supernatural 700-749

5.3 Religious Tales5.3.1 God Rewards and Punishes 750-7795.3.2 The Truth Comes to Light 780-7915.3.3 Heaven 800-8095.3.4 The Devil 810-8265.3.5 Other Religious Tales 827-849

5.4 Realistic Tales, or Novelles5.4.1 The Man Marries the Princess 850-8695.4.2 The Woman Marries the Prince 870-8795.4.3 Proofs of Fidelity and Innocence 880-8995.4.4 The Obstinate Wife Learns to Obey 900-9095.4.5 Good Precepts 910-9195.4.6 Clever Acts and Words 920-9295.4.7 Tales of Fate 930-9495.4.8 Robbers and Murderers 950-9695.4.9 Other Realistic Tales 970-999

5.5 Tales of the Stupid Ogre, Giant, or Devil



5.5.1 Labor Contract 1000-10295.5.2 Partnership between Man and Ogre 1030-10595.5.3 Contest between Man and Ogre 1060-11145.5.4 Man Kills (Injures) Ogre 1115-11445.5.5 Ogre Frightened by Man 1145-11545.5.6 Man Outwits the Devil 1155-11695.5.7 Souls Saved from the Devil 1170-1199

5.6 Anecdotes and Jokes5.6.1 Stories about a Fool 1200-13495.6.2 Stories about Married Couples 1350-1439

5.6.2.1 The Foolish Wife and Her Husband 1380-14045.6.2.2 The Foolish Husband and His Wife 1405-14295.6.2.3 The Foolish Couple 1430-1439

5.6.3 Stories about a Woman 1440-15245.6.3.1 Looking for a Wife 1450-14745.6.3.2 Jokes about Old Maids 1475-14995.6.3.3 Other Stories about Women 1500-1524

5.6.4 Stories about a Man 1525-17245.6.4.1 The Clever Man 1525-16395.6.4.2 Lucky Accidents 1640-16745.6.4.3 The Stupid Man 1675-1724

5.6.5 Jokes about Clergymen and Religious Figures 1725-18495.6.5.1 The Clergyman is Tricked 1725-17745.6.5.2 Clergyman and Sexton 1775-17995.6.5.3 Other Jokes about Religious Figures 1800-1849

5.6.6 Anecdotes about Other Groups of People 1850-18745.6.7 Tall Tales 1875-1999

5.7 Formula Tales5.7.1 Cumulative Tales 2000-2100

5.7.1.1 Chains Based on Numbers, Objects, Animals, or Names 2000-20205.7.1.2 Chains Involving Death 2021-20245.7.1.3 Chains Involving Eating 2025-20285.7.1.4 Chains Involving Other Events 2029-2075

5.7.2 Catch Tales 2200-22995.7.3 Other Formula Tales 2300-2399

6 See also7 Notes8 References9 Online resources and examples of tale types10 Additional text resources

Use by folkloristicsIn the essay, “The Motif-Index and the Tale Type Index; A Critique,” Alan Dundes explains that the Aarne-Thompson tale type index is one of the“most valuable tools in the professional folklorist's arsenal of aids for analysis” (195). Antti Aarne was the student of Julius Krohn and his sonKaarle Krohn. Aarne further developed their historic-geographic method of comparative folkloristics, and developed the initial version of whatbecame the Aarne–Thompson tale type index for classifying folktales, first published in 1910.

The American folklorist Stith Thompson translated Aarne's motif-based classification system in 1928, enlarging its scope. With Thompson'ssecond revisions to Aarne's catalogue in 1961, he created the AT-number system (also referred to as AaTh system), which is often used today.

According to D. L. Ashliman, "The Aarne-Thompson system catalogues some 2500 basic plots from which, for countless generations, Europeanand Near Eastern storytellers have built their tales"(1987, ix).

Organizing folktale typesThe Aarne-Thompson tale type index divides tales into sections with an "AT" number for each entry. The names given are typical, but usagevaries; the same tale type number may be referred to by its central motif or by one of the variant folktales of that type, which can also vary,



especially when used in different countries and cultures. The tale type does not have to be accurate for every folktale. For example, The Cat asHelper (545B) also includes tales where a fox helps the hero.

Closely related folktales are often grouped within a type. For example, Persecuted Heroine (501) has 510A, Cinderella, and 510B, Catskin, andThe Quest for a Lost Bride (400) has the subtype 401*, the Swan Maiden (see other examples of tale types in the online resource links at the endof this article).

Hans-Jörg UtherThe AT-number system was updated and expanded in 2004 with the publication of The Types of International Folktales: A Classification andBibliography by Hans-Jörg Uther. Uther noted that many of the earlier descriptions were cursory and that the existing system did not allow forexpansion.[1] To remedy these shortcomings Uther developed the Aarne-Thompson-Uther classification (ATU number)[2] system and includedinternational folktales in this expanded listing.

ResponseThe tale type index was criticized by Vladimir Propp of the Formalist school of the 1920s for ignoring the functions of the motifs by which theyare classified. Furthermore, Propp contended that using a "macro-level" analysis means that the stories that share motifs might not be classifiedtogether, while stories with wide divergences may be grouped under one tale type because the index must select some features as salient.[3] Healso observed that while the distinction between animal tales and tales of the fantastic was basically correct - no one would classify TsarevitchIvan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf an animal tale because of the wolf - it did raise questions because animals tales often contained fantasticelements, and tales of the fantastic often contained animals; indeed a tale could shift categories if a peasant deceived a bear rather than a devil.[4]

In describing the motivation for his work in 2000,[5] Uther presents several criticisms of the original index. He points out that Thompson's focuson oral tradition sometimes neglects older versions of stories, even when written records exist, that the distribution of stories is uneven (withEastern and Southern European as well as many other regions’ folktale types being underrepresented), and that some included folktale types havedubious importance.

Similarly, Thompson noted that it might well be called The Types of the Folk-Tales of Europe, West Asia, and the Lands Settled by thesePeoples.[1] However, Alan Dundes notes that in spite of the flaws of tale type indexes (e.g., typos, redundancies, censorship, etc.) (198), “theyrepresent the keystones for the comparative method in folkloristics, a method which despite postmodern naysayers and other prophets of gloomcontinues to be the hallmark of international folkloristics” (200).

TypesThe Aarne-Thompson catalogue divides the following tales into sections with their "AT" number entries. The names given are typical, but usagevaries; the same type number may be referred to by its central motif, or by one variant folk tale of that type, which can itself vary, especially whenused in different countries where different variants are well known. It does not have to be accurate for all tales; The Cat as Helper (545B) includestales where a fox helps the hero.

Closely related types are often grouped within a type: 510, Persecuted Heroine, has 510A, such as Cinderella and 510B such as Catskin, and 400,The Quest for a Lost Bride, has the subtype 401*, the Swan Maiden.

Animal tales

Wild Animals 1-99

The Clever Fox or other animal 1-69

The theft of fish 1How the bear lost his tail 2 (Norwegian)Biting the foot 5The calling of three tree names 7The unjust partner 9Stealing the Partner's Butter 15 (German)The fox as shepherd 37The bear and the honey 49



The Lion's share 51 (Aesop)Mrs. Fox's Suitors 65 (German)Greed 68A (The Boy and the Filberts, Aesop)

Other Wild Animals 70-99

More cowardly than the hare 70Too cold for hare to build house in winter 81The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage 85The Heart of a Monkey 91When the hare was married 96*

Wild Animals and Domestic Animals 100-149

The old dog rescues the child 101 (German)Town Mouse and Country Mouse 112Eat me when I'm fatter 122E (Norwegian)The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids 123The Three Little Pigs 124Outcast Animals Find a New Home 130 (German, Irish)

Wild Animals and Humans 150-199

Music lessons for wild animals 151 (German)Ingratitude Is the World's Reward 155 (Indian)Androcles and the Lion 156The Three Bears 171The Brahmin and the Mongoose 178A

Domestic Animals 200-219

Sheep, duck and cock in peril at sea 204The Traveling Animals and the Wicked Man 210 (German, German)The hog who was so tired of his daily food 211*

Other Animals and Objects 220-299

The geese's eternal prayer 227 (German)Imitating bird sounds, 236* (German)The child and the snake 285The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean 295Wind and sun 298 (Greek)

Fairy Tales

Supernatural Opponents 300 - 399

The Dragon-Slayer 300The Three Kidnapped Princesses 301 (German)The Giant Without A Heart, 302The Twin Brothers, 303 (German, Another German variant)Seven Sisters, Seven Brothers 303AThe Trained Hunter 304The Twelve Dancing Princesses 306The Princess in the Coffin 307 (French)Rapunzel 310 (Italian, Italian, Greek, Italian)Killed by a Giant 311 (Italian, German)The Bluebeard 312 (French)The Magic Flight 313 (Norwegian, French, German, German, English, German )The Golden-Haired 314



The Treacherous Sister 315The Mermaid in the Pond 316 (German)The Princess and the Sky-tree 317The Batamärchen 318The Magician and his Apprentice, 325 (German, Norwegian, Danish, Italian)The Youth Who Wanted to Learn What Fear Is 326The Children With the Witch 327A (French, Scottish, German, Danish, Norwegian, French)The Small Boy Defeats the Ogre 327B (French, French, Norwegian)The Treasures of the Giant 328 (Italian, Greek, English)Miss the Magic Mirror 329The Spirit in the Bottle 331Godfather Death 332Little Red Riding Hood 333In the Household of the Witch 334 GermanThe Three Apprentices and the Devil 360 (German)Bearskin 361Specter Bridegrooms 365 (English)

Supernatural or Enchanted Relatives 400-459

Wife 400-424

The Quest for a Lost Bride 400 (Norwegian )Swan Maiden 400* (Serbian)

The enchanted princess in her castle 401A (German)The Mouse Bride 402 (Norwegian)The White and the Black Bride 403 (German, Greek, Norwegian, Scandinavian)Jorinde and Joringel 405The Flower Girl 407 (German)The Three Lemons 408The Goat Girls 409AThe Sleeping Beauty 410 (Italian, German)

Husband 425-449

Search for the Lost Husband 425A (Scottish, Romanian, Scottish, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, Norwegian, Scottish, Italian, Scottish,Italian, Greek, Mexican)Beauty and the Beast 425C (English, German)Vanished Husband Learned of by Keeping Inn 425D (Greek)Recognition When Heroine Tells Her Story 425G (Greek)The Bird Husband 425N (Danish)Snow White and Rose Red 426Prince Donkey 430 (German)The Waldhaus 431The Bird Lover 432 (Russian, French, Mexican)King Dragon 433bThe Frog King 440 (Scottish, Scottish)In Enchanted Skin 441 (Romanian, Italian)The Old Woman in the Wood 442

Brother or Sister 450-459

Brother and Sister 450 (German)The Nurse looking for her Brothers, 451 (German, German, German, Northern African, Norwegian, Russian)

Supernatural Tasks 460-499

Three Hairs of the Devil 461 (German, German)The Towering Tree 468The Bridge to Another World 471



Midwife (or Godparent, or Nurse) for the Elves 476* (English)The Kind and the Unkind Girls 480 (Russian, Scandinavian, Italian, Danish, Greek, German, French, English, English, Scandinavian,Italian, Japanese, German)

Supernatural Helpers 500-559

Rumpelstiltskin 500 (Scottish)The Three Spinners 501The Wild Man 502 (Italian, German, French)Helpful Elves 503* (German)Grateful dead 505The Mistress of the Monster 507Persecuted Heroine 510A (Irish, French, Russian, Norwegian, Scottish, Scottish, Vietnamese, Finnish, Chinese, French)Unnatural Love 510B (American, English, French, Scottish, Italian, English, English, American, Italian, German)One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes 511The Wonderful Helpers 513AThe Shepherd 515The Petrified Friend 516 (German, Italian, French)The Boy and the Bird-language 517Big Fight over Magic Things 518 (German)Brunhilde 519The Glass Mountain 530 (Norwegian)Faithful Ferdinand 531 (French, Italian, Russian, French, Lapp)Repressed Bride 533 (German, American)The Flight with the Eagle 537The Cat as Helper 545B (Italian, Italian, French, Norwegian)The Golden Bird 550 (Russian, English, Swedish, Swahili)The Water of Life 551 (German (1823), Russian (1862), Spanish (1885))Animals and In-laws 552 (German)The Bird as a Helper 553The Grateful Animals 554 (German, German)The Fisherman and his Wife, 555 (Japanese, German)The Princess’ Laugh 559

Magic Items 560-649

The Magic Ring 560 (German)Aladdin 561The Spirit in the Blue Light 562 (German, Danish, German)The Two Marvelous Pitchers 564The Magic Mill 565 (Norwegian, Chinese, German)Fortunatus 566The Magic Bird Heart 567 (German)Bunnies Beware of the King 570 (French)The Golden Goose 571 (European)The Wings of the Prince 575The Order of the King 577Favor of Women 580Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle 585The Prince and the Bracelets 590 (Norwegian)The Healing Fruit 610 (German, French)True Love 611The Three Snake-Leaves 612The Two Travelers: Truth and Falsehood 613 (Norwegian)Sister and Brother healing the King 613C

Supernatural Power or Knowledge 650-699

The Sharp Hans 650AThe Boy Whose Wishes Always Come True 652 (German)The Skillful Brothers 653 (German)



The Man in Three Animal Forms 665The Boy in Animal Form 667The Language of Animals 670The Three Languages 671The Schlangenkrönlein 672BThe White Snake 673The Wish-Fish 675 (Italian, French, French)Open Sesame! 676

Other stories of the supernatural 700-749

Tom Thumb 700 (German)Snow Maiden 703*The Princess and the Pea 704Born of a Fish 705The Girl Without Hands 706 (Russian, Swahili, Italian, Italian)The Bird of Truth 707 (Russian, Italian, German, French, Italian)The Miraculous Child 708Snow White 709 (Italian, Armenian, Scottish, Greek)The Black Madonna 710 (German, Norwegian)The Twin Sisters 711 (Norwegian, English)Crescentia 712From the Juniper Tree 720 (German, English)The Brother Married the Sister 722The Dream 725Floating Stone 746

Religious Tales

God Rewards and Punishes 750-779

Foolish Wishes 750A (French)The Revived Mortem 750BThe peasant woman is changed into a woodpecker 751AChrist and the smith 753Sin and grace 755 (Scandinavian)Deal with the Devil 756BThe various children of Eve 758Woman with three hundred and sixty-five children 762The seven sleepers 766St Christopher and the Christ child 768A Child Returns from the Dead 769 (German)The legend of the horseshoe 774CThe wandering Jew 777Divine rewards and punishments 779 (German), German)

The Truth Comes to Light 780-791

The Singing Bone 780The Saviour and Peter in night-lodgings 791

Heaven 800-809

The Tailor in Heaven 800The Peasant in Heaven 802

The Devil 810-826

The devil loses a soul that was promised him 810 (German)The man promised to the devil becomes a priest 811



The Mystery of the Devil 812 (German)The thief rescued by the devil 821AThe lazy boy and the industrious girl 822Devil writes down names of men on hide in church 826

Other Religious Tales 827-849

Men, Animals, and the Span of Life 828 (German)

Realistic Tales, or Novelles

The Man Marries the Princess 850-869

The Moles of the Princess 850 (German)The Riddle of the Suitor 851 (German)That is a lie! 852 (Norwegian)Contest in Repartee 853The golden ram 854

The Golden Goat 854A

The Woman Marries the Prince 870-879

The Princess in the Underground Cave 870 (German)The Goose girl 870ABrother, Sister and Sister-in-law 872The Clever Peasant girl 875 (Greek, German, Russian)

Proofs of Fidelity and Innocence 880-899

The wager on the wife's chastity 882The seducer punished 883BThe forgotten fiancée 884 (German, German)Griselda 887The Faithful Wife 888 (Russian)The Pound of Flesh 890 (cf. Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice)The Serpent in the Bosom 890AThe children of the king 892The Daughter of the Sun 898 (Greek)

The Obstinate Wife Learns to Obey 900-909

King Thrushbeard 900

Good Precepts 910-919

Wise through experience 910AThe servant's good counsels 910B

Clever Acts and Words 920-929

The king and the abbot 922Loving the Salt 923 (German, Italian, French, see also King Lear)

Like wind in the hot sun 923ADiscussion by sign language 924Judgment of Solomon 926Out-riddling the judge 927

Tales of Fate 930-949



The Prediction 930 (German, English, Indian, Serbian/Russian)Oedipus 931Death on the Wedding 934BThe Unhappy Princess 938A (Greek)The magic ball of thread 934E

Robbers and Murderers 950-969

Rhampsinitus 950The King and the Soldier 952 (German)The Robber Bridegroom 955The Sun Brings All to Light 960 (German)The girl who played with the bread 962**

Other Realistic Tales 970-999

The Wooden Bowl 980B (German)The Killing of Old Men 981 (Serbian)Ungrateful Heirs 982 (Sri Lankan)False Magician Exposed by Clever Girl 987 (German)Revived from Apparent Death by a Grave-Robber 990

Tales of the Stupid Ogre, Giant, or Devil

Labor Contract 1000-1029

Bargain not to become angry 1000Dissipation of the ogre's property 1002Plowing 1003Hogs in the mud; sheep in the air 1004Building a bridge . . . 1005Casting eyes 1006Cleaning the child 1012The woman as cuckoo in the tree 1029

Partnership between Man and Ogre 1030-1059

Man and ogre share the harvest 1030 (German)Granary roof used as threshing flail 1031The heavy axe 1049Felling trees 1050Springing with a Bent Tree 1051 (German)A Contest in Carrying a Tree 1052 (German)

Contest between Man and Ogre 1060-1114

Squeezing Water from a Stone 1060 (German)A Contest in Throwing Stones 1062 (German)Throwing contest with the golden club 1063Contest in shrieking or whistling 1084Pushing a hole into a tree 1085Rowing contest 1087Eating contest 1088Contest in words 1093The tailor and the ogre in a sewing contest 1096 (Mexican)

Man Kills (Injures) Ogre 1115-1144

Attempting to Kill the Hero in His Bed 1115 (German)Attempt at burning 1116



The ogre's pitfall 1117Ogres Kill Their Own Children 1119 (German)Ogre's wife killed through other tricks 1122The hot porridge in the ogre's throat 1131Making the ogre strong (by castration) 1133Eye-remedy 1135Self Did It 1137 (English)

Ogre Frightened by Man 1145-1154

Wages: as much as he can carry 1153

Man Outwits the Devil 1155-1169

The gun as tobacco pipe 1157The ogre wants to look through the gun barrel in the smithy 1158The ogre in the haunted castle. Beard caught fast 1160The Bear Trainer and His Cat 1161 (Norwegian)The evil woman thrown into the pit 1164The troll and the christening 1165

Souls Saved from the Devil 1170-1199

The ogre on the ship 1179With his whole heart 1186Devil's Bridge 1191

Anecdotes and Jokes

Stories about a Fool 1200-1349

The plowing 1201The man without a head in the bear's den 1225One woman to catch the squirrel; the other to get the cooking pot 1227Man sitting on branch of tree cuts it off 1240The tree is to be pulled down 1241Loading the wood 1242Carrying part of the load 1242AThe wood is carried down the hill 1243Sunlight carried in a bag into the windowless house 1245A hole to throw the earth in 1255The porridge in the ice hole 1260Jumping into the sea for fish 1260**Numskull strikes all the matches in order to try them 1260B*Rowing without going forward 1276Marking the place on the boat 1278Burning the Barn to Destroy an Unknown Animal 1281 (German)Pulling on the shirt 1285Numskull unable to count their own number 1287'These are not my feet' 1288*Sending One Cheese After Another 1291 (German)A Fool Greases the Cracked Earth with Butter 1291B (German)Drowning the crayfish as punishment 1310The man takes seriously the prediction of death 1313AOther mistaken identities 1319*Fools frightened 1321Moving the church 1326

Stories about Married Couples 1350-1439



The loving wife 1350The silence wager 1351The old woman as troublemakar 1353Flight of the woman and her lover from the stable 1360BOld Hildebrand 1360CThe Snow-child 1362The obstinate wife 1365The wife insults the husband as a lousy-head 1365C

The Foolish Wife and Her Husband 1380-1404

The faithless wife 1380The talkative wife and the discovered treasure 1381A Woman Does Not Know Herself 1383 (German)The husband hunts for three persons as stupid as his wife 1384A Woman Loses Her Husband's Money 1385* (German)Meat as food for cabbage 1386A Woman Draws Beer in the Cellar 1387 (German)Every hole to tell the truth 1391

The Foolish Husband and His Wife 1405-1429

The Lazy Spinner 1405The merry wives wager . . . 1406The man who does his wife's work 1408 (Norwegian)Trading Away One's Fortune 1415 (German)The mouse in the silver jug. The new Eve 1416

The Foolish Couple 1430-1439

Air Castles 1430 (German, Aesop)The contagious yawns 1431

Stories about a Woman 1440-1524

The tenant promises his daughter to his master against her will 1440

Looking for a Wife 1450-1474

Clever Elsie 1450A suitor chooses the thrifty girl 1451 (German)Choosing a Bride by How She Cuts Cheese 1452 (German)Bride test: key in flax reveals laziness 1453

The fast weaver 1453AThe greedy fiancee 1454*The blind fiancée 1456The lisping maiden 1457The girl who ate so little 1458Keeping up appearances 1459**The girl with the ugly name 1461The unwilling suitor advised from the tree 1462Clean and tidy 1462*Good housekeeping 1464 C*Nothing to cook 1464 D*Marrying a stranger 1468*

Jokes about Old Maids 1475-1499

Praying to the Statue's Mother 1476A (German)The wolf steals the old maid 1477



Other Stories about Women 1500-1524

The daughter-in-law and the real daughter 1503*

Stories about a Man 1525-1724

The Clever Man 1525-1639

The master thief 1525Stealing the Count's Horse, Sheet, and Parson 1525A (Norwegian)The robber brothers 1525 R

The wise carving of the fowl 1533The Rich Peasant and the Poor Peasant 1535 (German)The woman in the chest 1536AThe corpse killed five times 1537The youth cheated in selling oxen 1538Cleverness and gullibility 1539The student from Paradise (Paris) 1540For the long winter 1541The clever boy 1542The man without a member 1543*The man who got a night's lodging 1544The boy with many names 1545Stone Soup 1548The sailor's promise 1553A*Make-believe eating; make-believe work 1560The boy 'loses his sight' 1561*Wife follows written instructions 1562B'Both' 1563The master and the servant at the table 1568*Inspecting the daughter 1573**The flattering foreman 1574*The Pot that Died 1592B (Uighur)The fool as murderer 1600The Emperor's New Clothes 1620

The conversation of the one-eyed man and the hunchback 1620*The learned son and the forgotten language 1628Eulenspiegel's tricks 1635*

Lucky Accidents 1640-1674

The Valiant Little Tailor 1640Doctor Know-all 1641 (Norwegian, Italian)Whittington's cat 1651The Robbers under the Tree 1653 (German)

Securing the Door 1653A (German)The profitable exchange 1655

The Stupid Man 1675-1724

Two presents for the king 1689A (German)The ox (ass) as mayor 1675The boy who had never seen a woman 1678Foolish man builds aircastles 1681*The groom teaches his horse to live without food 1682The forgotten word 1687Two match-makers 1688B*Thank God They Weren't Peaches 1689 (Mexican)What Should I Have Said? 1696 (German)Misunderstood words lead to comic results 1698G'Good day,' - 'a woodshopper' 1698J



The buyer and the deaf seller 1698KEcho answers 1701God can't take a joke 1718*

Jokes about Clergymen and Religious Figures 1725-1849

The Clergyman is Tricked 1725-1774

The foolish parson in the trunk 1725The entrapped suitors 1730'Who gives his own goods shall receive it back tenfold' 1735 (Mexican)The stingy parson 1736Trading Places with the Trickster in a Sack 1737 (German, German)What does God do? 1738A*The parson and the calf 1739Three words at the grave 1745

Clergyman and Sexton 1775-1799

The hungry parson 1775The sexton falls into the brewing-vat 1776The sexton carries the parson 1791 (German)The stingy parson and the slaughtered pig 1792

Other Jokes about Religious Figures 1800-1849

Imagined penance for imagined sin 1804The eel filled with sand 1804*

Jokes about catechism 1810How many gods are there? 1810A*

The patience of Job 1811BParody sermon 1824The parson drunk 1825AThe sawed pulpit 1825CYou shall see me a little while longer 1827Cards (liquor bottle) fall from the sleeve of the preacher 1827AIn trial sermon the parson promises the laymen the kind of weather they want 1830The sermon about the rich man 1832

Boy answers the priest 1832*How many sacraments are there? 1832*D

Application of the sermon 1833God died for you 1833EOther anecdotes of sermons 1833**

The clergyman with the fine voice 1834Not to turn round 1835*The drunken parson: 'Do not live as I live, but as I preach' 1836AThe hog in church 1838At the blessing of the grave the parson's ox breaks loose 1840Grace before meat 1841Parson visits the dying 1843No time for sickness 1844AThe student as healer 1845

Anecdotes about Other Groups of People 1850-1874

Tall Tales 1875-1999

Hunter turns animal inside out 1889BMan swallowed by fish 1889GThe lucky shot 1890 (English)



Ramrod shot plus series of lucky accidents 1890DThe man shoots a ramrod full of ducks 1894A man wading in water catching many fish in his boots 1895Hunting the wolves with rod and line 1896*Contest in lying 1920Wishing contests 1925The woman who asked for news from home 1931Too much talk 1948The three lazy ones 1950The great ox 1960AThe great fish 1960BThe great catch of fish 1960CThe Giant Vegetable 1960D (German)The great farmhouse 1960EThe great tree 1960GThe great ship 1960HThe great loaf of bread 1960KThe great insect 1960MOther stories of great objects and the like 1960ZThe big wedding 1961Lying tales 1965 (English)

Formula Tales

Cumulative Tales 2000-2100

Chains Based on Numbers, Objects, Animals, or Names 2000-2020

How the rich man paid his servant 2010IThe house is burned down 2014AThe goat that would not go home 2015Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie 2019

Chains Involving Death 2021-2024

The cock and the hen 2021An Animal Mourns the Death of a Spouse 2022 (German)

Chains Involving Eating 2025-2028

The Fleeing Pancake 2025 (American, Russian)The fat cat 2027

Chains Involving Other Events 2029-2075

The Old Woman and Her Pig 2030The Sky Is Falling 2033This Is the House That Jack Built 2035The Mouse Who Was to Marry the Sun 2031C (Japanese, Indian)Pulling up the turnip 2044Tales in which animals talk 2075

Catch Tales 2200-2299

Unfinished tales 2250 (German)

Other Formula Tales 2300-2399

Rounds 2320



See alsoMorphology (folkloristics)Folkloristics

Notes1. ^ a b Hans-Jörg Uther, Classifying folktales: The Third Revision of the Aarne-Thompson Tale Type Index (FFC 184) (http://www.folklorefellows.fi/wordpress/?

page_id=915)2. ^ p. xxi, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales, Donald Haase, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2008, ISBN 0-313-33441-2.3. ^ Propp, Vladimir. Similarly, Alan Dundes points out that “Aarne’s mistake was not classifying tales on the basis of narrative plot rather than . . . [on characters

because] the same tale can be told with either animal or human characters” (197). "Introduction." Theory and History of Folklore. Ed. Anatoly Liberman.University of Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 1984. pg ix

4. ^ Vladimir Propp, Morphology of the Folktale, p5-6, ISBN 0-292-78376-05. ^ The third revision of the Aarne-Thompson tale type index. (http://www.folklorefellows.fi/netw/ffn20/classifying.html) Hans-Jörg Uther. November 20th,

2000.

ReferencesAntti Aarne. 1961. The Types of the Folktale: A Classification and Bibliography, The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, Helsinki. ISBN 951-41-0132-4Ashliman, D. L. 1987. A Guide to Folktales in the English Language: Based on the Aarne-Thompson Classification System. New York, Greenwood Press.Dundes, Alan. 1997. “The Motif-Index and the Tale Type Index: A Critique (http://www.jstor.org/pss/3814885) .” Journal of Folklore Research 34(3): 195–202.Thompson, Stith. 1977. The Folktale (http://books.google.com/books/about/The_folktale.html?id=WKN44RtM_loC) . Berkley: University of California Press.Uther, Hans-Jörg. 2004. The Types of International Folktales: A Classification and Bibliography. Based on the system of Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson. FFCommunications no. 284–286. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia. Three volumes. ISBN 951-41-0955-4 (vol. 1), ISBN 951-41-0961-9 (vol. 2), ISBN 951-41-0963-5 (vol. 3.)AT Types of Folktales (http://oaks.nvg.org/folktale-types.html) . Tormod Kinnes. Copyright 2009. Accessed June 14, 2010.Folktale types (http://scandinavian.wisc.edu/mellor/taleballad/pdf_files/motif_types.pdf) PDF (40kb). University of Wisconsin-Madison - Scandinavian Studies.Accessed June 14, 2010.

Online resources and examples of tale typesD. L. Ashliman, "Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts" (http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html)Structural Analysis of Variants of Tale Type 361 (http://www.undeadlinks.com/s.php?link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gwu.edu%2F%7Efolktale%2FGERM232%2Fbearskin%2Fweb%2520pages%2FStructuralAnalysis.html&l=1): an example of the Aarne-Thompson analytic methodReflections on International Narrative Research on the Example of the Tale of the three Oranges(http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol27/kawan.pdf) (AT 408)Classifying folktales - The Third Revision of the Aarne-Thompson Tale Type Index(http://www.folklorefellows.fi/netw/ffn20/classifying.html)(German) Index - Schnellsuche Märchentyp AT (http://www.maerchenlexikon.de/sucheat.htm)AT Types of Folktales (http://oaks.nvg.org/folktale-types.html)The Fairy Tale Resource Page (http://www.brown.edu/Courses/FR0133/Michele_Wan/)Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts (http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html)Internet Sacred Text Archive (http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm)

Additional text resourcesRead MacDonald, Margaret. 1982. The Storyteller’s Sourcebook: A Subject, Title, and Motif Index for Folklore Collections for Children(First Edition). Detroit: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.

Sierra, Judy. 1996. Storytellers' Research Guide: Folktales, Myths and Legends (http://www.judysierra.net/works.htm%20) . Eugene:Folkprint.

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