ATU 513A Six Go through the Whole World
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The tale in brief
A young man finds helpers with extraordinary gifts, and at the king's court they carry out for him the tasks he is set.
Summary written for RunoVerse from Antti Aarne’s list of tale types of 1910 and the Finnic texts linked on this page.
Runosong types
The SKVR or ERAB type index cites this tale type in its description of these song types:
- Hiidestä kosinta Wooing a bride from Hiisi's realm · SKVR · 133 poems · cited for comparison
Finnic and Finland-Swedish sources cited in the catalogue
The entries of the catalogue’s list of literature and variants that concern Finnic tradition.
Finnish Rausmaa 1982ff. I, No. 70
Finnish-Swedish Hackman 1917f. I, No. 109
Estonian Aarne 1918
Livonian, Wepsian, Karelian Kecskeméti/Paunonen 1974
Full references:
- Rausmaa 1982ff.: Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa (ed.): Suomalaiset kansansadut 1–6. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1982–2000.
- Hackman 1917f.: Hackman, Oskar (ed.): Finlands svenska folkdiktning I A: Sagor. Referatsamling 1–2. Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 1917–1920. Read online ↗ (National Library of Finland)
- Aarne 1918: Aarne, Antti: Estnische Märchen- und Sagenvarianten. Verzeichnis der zu den Hurt'schen Handschriftensammlungen gehörenden Aufzeichnungen. FF Communications 25. Hamina: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1918.
- Kecskeméti/Paunonen 1974: Kecskeméti, István; Paunonen, Heikki: Die Märchentypen in den Publikationen der Finnisch-ugrischen Gesellschaft. Journal de la Société Finno-Ougrienne 73 (1974), 205–265.
Motifs and related tale types
Motifs: Man with Power to Make Everything Freeze D2144.1.2·Extraordinary Companions F601·F605.2·Strong Man: Tree-Puller F621·Mighty Eater F632·Mighty Drinker F633·Man Can Hear Grass (Wool) Grow F641.1·Man Can Hear Ant Leave Nest Fifty Miles Away F641.2·Man Can Hear One Sleeping by Putting Ear to Ground F641.3·Skillful Marksman Shoots Left Eye of Fly at Two Miles F661.5.3·Marvelous Runner Keeps Leg Tied Up F681.1·Task: Climbing Glass Mountain H1114·Task: Drinking Enormous Amount H1142·Heat Test H1511·Suitor Contests: Bride Offered as Prize H331·Race with Princess for Her Hand H331.5.1·Lowly Hero Marries Princess L161
Combines with: ATU 300A The Fight on the Bridge·ATU 301 The Three Stolen Princesses·ATU 303 The Twins or Blood-Brothers·ATU 303A Brothers Seek Sisters as Wives (previously Six Brothers Seek Seven Sisters as Wives)·ATU 328A* Three Brothers Steal Back the Sun, Moon, and Star·ATU 531 The Clever Horse (previously Ferdinand the True and Ferdinand the False)·ATU 554 The Grateful Animals·ATU 570 The Rabbit-herd·ATU 571 'All Stick Together'·ATU 577 The King's Tasks·ATU 725 Prophecy of Future Sovereignty (previously The Dream)·ATU 857 The Louse-Skin·ATU 881 Oft-proved Fidelity·ATU 900 King Thrushbeard
Sources
Tale-type number, title, classification, related types and the Finnic sources: Hans-Jörg Uther, The Types of International Folktales (FF Communications 284–286, Helsinki 2004). · Uther 2004, part I (FF Communications 284), free online ↗
Runosong types cited in the type indexes: the song-type indexes of SKVR and ERAB.
Motifs and combinations with other tale types: the Trilogy dataset, from Stith Thompson’s Motif-Index of Folk-Literature and the ATU catalogue.
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