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  2. The Three Golden Children (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    The Three Golden Children refers to a series of folktales related to the motif of the calumniated wife, numbered K2110.1 in the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature.The name refers to a cycle of tales wherein a woman gives birth to children of wondrous aspect, but her children are taken from her by jealous relatives or by her mother-in-law, and her husband punishes her in some harsh way.

  3. The Story of Lalpila (Indian folktale) - Wikipedia

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    The Story of Lalpila is an Indian folktale collected from the Baiga people by ethnologist Verrier Elwin.It is related to the cycle of the Calumniated Wife, and is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU 707, "The Three Golden Children".

  4. The Youth and the Maiden with Stars on their Foreheads and ...

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    The tale is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 707, "The Three Golden Children". [7] In this cycle of stories, a woman promises to bear children of wondrous aspect, who are taken from her as soon as they are born by her jealous relatives (her sisters or her mother-in-law).

  5. The Bird that Spoke the Truth (New Mexican folktale)

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    It is related to the motif of the calumniated wife and classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 707, "The Three Golden Children". These tales refer to stories where a girl promises a king she will bear a child or children with wonderful attributes, but her jealous relatives or the king's wives plot against the ...

  6. The Bird from the Land of Gabour - Wikipedia

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    The tale is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 707, "The Three Golden Children": three sisters converse among themselves about their plans to marry the king, the youngest promising to bear children with wondrous aspect; the king decides to marry the youngest (or all three), and the youngest bears the wondrous children, who are taken from her and cast in the ...

  7. Mielikki and Her Nine Sons - Wikipedia

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    "Mielikki and Her Nine Sons" is a Finnish fairy tale published in the compilation Tales from a Finnish Tupa.It is related to the theme of the calumniated wife and is classified in the international Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index as ATU 707, "The Three Golden Children", in a version of the story that occurs in Northern Europe and Northwest Russia, namely, in Finland, Estonia, and among Finno ...

  8. Kiranmala (Bengali folktale) - Wikipedia

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    The tale is classified in the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU 707, "The Three Golden Children", a cycle of stories a woman promises a king she will bear a child or children with wonderful attributes, but her jealous relatives or the king's wives plot against the babies and their mother. [1]

  9. Two Pieces of Nuts - Wikipedia

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    According to the Latvian Folktale Catalogue, tale type 707, "The Three Golden Children", is known in Latvia as Brīnuma bērni ("Wonderful Children"), comprising 4 different redactions. Its fourth redaction is the one that contains the child counting nuts and telling his story in front of the king.