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donkey behaved himself. The servant observed the donkey take off his skin and underneath he was a handsome young man. He related this to the king, who observed for himself later and threw the donkey skin away in the night. When the young man awoke, he panicked and decided to run away. On his way out, the king found him and told him to stay and offered to make him his heir. The young man accepted, and when the old king died the next year, he became king and had a glorious life.
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Fairy Tales from Before Fairy Tales: The
Medieval Latin Past of Wonderful Lies
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Fairy Tales from Before Fairy Tales: The
Medieval Latin Past of Wonderful Lies
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indicates a previous tale type extant until 2004. "AaTh" refers to the
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tale type 430 "The Ass" (or "The Donkey
Bridegroom"), and exhibits the
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This tale was not collected from oral recitation but was reworked by
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The Types of the Folk-tale: A Classification and
Bibliography
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The Tale of the Queen Who Sought a Drink From a
Certain Well
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Padisah's Youngest Daughter and Her Donkey-Skull Husband
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Padisah's Youngest Daughter and Her Donkey-Skull Husband
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D721.3 "Disenchantment by destroying skin (covering)".
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Hedgehog, the Merchant, the King and the Poor Man
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376:. University of California Press. p. 100.
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806:The Story of the Abandoned Princess
155:The piece is representative of the
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766:Tulisa, the Wood-Cutter's Daughter
719:About the astonishing husband Horu
629:The Three Daughters of King O'Hara
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791:Yasmin and the Serpent Prince
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192:The Journal of Medieval Latin
816:The Snake-Prince Sleepy-Head
583:Master Semolina/Mr Simigdáli
291:The Fisher-Girl and the Crab
273:Children's literature portal
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659:Prince Hat Under the Ground
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639:The Sprig of Rosemary
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963:MarĂa, manos blancas
837:Beauty and the Beast
540:Animal as Bridegroom
1293:Grimms' Fairy Tales
1119:The Fan of Patience
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921:The Sleeping Prince
847:The Small-tooth Dog
644:The Enchanted Snake
588:Fairer-than-a-Fairy
469:, pp. 168, 200
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116:Grimm's Fairy Tales
72:Grimms' Fairy Tales
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968:Feather O' My Wing
852:The Scarlet Flower
679:The Serpent Prince
484:Ziolkowski, Jan M.
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242:978-0-472-11568-6
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578:Pintosmalto
131:Das Eselein
103:Das Eselein
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1165:Champavati
1052:The Donkey
694:Trandafiru
317:References
107:fairy tale
86:The Donkey
35:The Donkey
22:The Donkey
951:AaTh 425N
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811:GrĂĽnkappe
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150:Asinarius
123:Tale type
95:‹See Tfd›
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