Folktales of the Jews, Volume 2: Tales from Eastern Europe

Tale Type Indexes

Tale Type Indexes Sources: A. Aarne and S. Thompson, The Types of the Folktale; and H. J. Uther, The Types of International Folktales [new edition]. Number Tale Type IFA Tale(s) 50 “The Sick Lion” 8004n 91 “Monkey (Cat) Who Left His Heart at Home” 8004n 154 “Bear Food” 8004 154 “The Fox and His Members” (new ed.) 8004 155 “The Ungrateful Serpent Returned to Captivity” 8004 173 “Men and Animals Readjust Span of Life” 6655 173 “Human and Animal Life Spans Are Readjusted” (new ed.) 6655 285D “Serpent (Bird) Refuses Reconciliation” 8004n 303 “The Twins or Blood Brothers” 8021n 318 “The Faithless Wife” 8021 331 “The Spirit in the Bottle” 8004 461 “Three Hairs from the Devil’s Beard, III; The Questions” 8021n 480 “The Spinning-Woman by the Spring. The Kind and Unkind Girls” 8021n 503 “The Gifts of the Little People” 8021n 510 “Cinderella and Cap o’ Rushes” 7202 550A “Only One Brother Grateful” 6098 610 “The Healing Fruit” 8021n 613 “The Two Travelers (Truth and Falsehood)” 8021n 653 “The Four Skillful Brothers” 8021n 653A “The Rarest Thing in the World” 8021n 654 “The Three Brothers” 8021 654 “The Three Agile Brothers” (new ed.) 8021 655 “The Wise Brothers” 8021n 676 “Open Sesame” 8021n 735 “The Rich Man’s and the Poor Man’s Fortune” 8021n 735A “Bad Luck Imprisoned” 8021n, 14260 745A “The Predestined Treasure” 14260n 608 750D “Three Brothers Each Granted a Wish by an Angel Visitor” 6098, 8021 750D “God (St. Peter) and the Three Brothers” (new ed.) 8021 760* “The Condemned Soul” 5361 796* “Angels on the Widow’s Roof” (old ed. only) 5609 809* “Rich Man Allowed to Stay in Heaven for a Single Deed of Charity” 21022 809** “Old Man Repaid for Good Deeds” 21022 828 “Men and Animals Readjust Span of Life” 6655 837 “How the Wicked Lord Was Punished” 551 837 “The Beggar’s Bread (new ed.) 551 842 “The Man Who Kicked aside Riches” 14260n 842B* “The Serpent at the Wedding” 708n 844 “The Luck-Bringing Shirt” 12214n 849* “The Cross as Security” 7612 891A “The Princess from the Tower Recovers Her Husband” 8021n 910 “Precepts Bought or Given Prove Correct” 8021n 910–919 “Good Precepts” [cluster] 14962n 920C “Shooting at the Father’s Corpse Test of Paternity” 8021n 923 “Love Like Salt” 7202 926 “Judgment of Solomon 18136n 926C “Cases Solved in a Manner Worthy of Solomon” 18136 930 “The Prophecy” 18132n 930A “The Predestined Wife” 18132 930*E “Predestined Marriage” 18132n 930*F “The Well and the Weasel as Witnesses” 18132n 930*H “An Unsuccessful Human Trial in Match-Making” 18132n 903*J “Taming the Father-in-Law” 18132n 931 “Oedipus” 18132n 931*A “The Legend of Judas Iscariot” 18132n 931*B “The Legend of Saint Andeas” 18132n 931*C “The Legend of Patricide” 18132n 933 “Gregory on the Stone” 18132n 934 “The Prince and the Storm” 18132n 939A “Killing the Returned Soldier” 18140 940* “The Forgiven Debt” 7612 947A “Bad Luck Cannot Be Arrested” 14260 Tale Type Indexes  609  947A* “Bad Luck Refuses to Desert a Man” (old ed. only) 14260 950 “Rhampsinitus” 8021n 980 “The Ungrateful Son (Previously Ungrateful Son Reproved by Naive Actions of Own Son)” (new ed.) 3364 980A “The Half-Carpet” 3364 980B “Wooden Drinking Cup for Old Man” 3364 1009 “Guarding the Store-Room Door” 2826n 1225 “The Man without a Head in the Bear’s Den” 2826n 1242A “Carrying Part of the Load” 13498 1242A “Relief for the Donkey” (new ed.) 13498 1242B “Balancing the Mealsack” 13498 1243 “The Wood Is Carried down the Hill” 2826n 1275 “The Sledges Turned” 2826n, 6814 1275 “Sledges Turned” (new ed.) 6814 1281 “Getting Rid of Unknown Animal” 2826n 1284 “Person Does Not Know Himself” 20439 1291D “Other Objects Sent to Go by Themselves” 2826n 1296A “Fools Go to Buy Good Weather” 2826n 1297* “Jumping into the River after Their Comrade” 7127 1310 “Drowning the Crayfish as Punishment” 2826n 1326 “Moving the Church” 2826n 1335 “Rescuing the Moon” 2826n 1336A “Man Does Not Recognize His Own Reflection in the Water (Mirror)” 20439 1336A “Not Recognizing Own Reflection” (new ed.) 20439 1336B “The Peasant, His Relatives, and the Mirror” 20439n 1337 “Peasant Visits the City” 20439 1337 “A Farmer Visits the City” (new ed.) 20439 1349N* “Leeches Prescribed by Doctor Eaten by Patient” 7912 1349N* “The Mistaken Prescription” (new ed.) 7912 1384 “The Husband Hunts Three Persons as Stupid as His Wife...