The Lazy Boy (fairy tales)
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| The Lazy Boy fairy tales | |
|---|---|
| Folk tale | |
| Name | The Lazy Boy fairy tales |
| Also known as | Dumme Michel, Hans Dumb, Peruonto |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 675 (The Lazy Boy) |
| Region | European |
| Published in | The Brothers Grimm and others |
The Lazy Boy fairy tales are classic folklore stories found in muiltable cultures. The literary fairy tale involves a character who is lazy and/or foolish. Traditionally, a boy helps a magical being and, in return, receives a wish or is granted a charm.[1] In the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index of folktale types, The Lazy Boy is given the index of ATU 675.[2][3][4] The Lazy Boy fairy tales index number is part of the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index system. The ATU Index number is one of many cataloged folktale types used in folklore studies; an international group of scholars currently uses and maintains this system.[5][6][7]
Examples of index 675
[edit]- Hans Dumb, Hans Dumm, (54a) is a 1812 German folktale, found in early Brothers Grimm tales, Grimms' Fairy Tales.[8][9]
- Peruonto: a 1634 story found in the Pentamerone collection, a Italian story by Giambattista Basile [10][11]
- The Princess on the Glass Hill is a Norwegian fairy tale by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe.[12]
- Simpleton (called Skazki) and Ivanushka the Simpleton a Russian and/or Slavic folklore.[13]
- The Dolphin a French fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy.[14]
- Emelian the Fool, Emelyan the Fool, Emelya the Simpleton and At the Pike's Behest are Russian and East Slavic folktales; the hero captures a magical pike that grants every wish whenever he says, "By the pike's command...".[15][16]
- Stupid Michel, Dumme Michel (Der dumme Michel, The Foolish Michel) is a 1843 German folktale. [17]
- Lazy Lars (Doven Lars, der fik Prinsessen) is a Danish folktale.[18]
- Peter the Fool in Giovanni Francesco Straparola's The Facetious Nights.[19]
- Juvadi and the Princess is a Italian story.[20]
- Ugly Yann, Yann le Boiteux / Le P'tit Yann, is a French folktale. [21][22]
- Halfman is a Greek folktale. [23]
- Modern Moral Adaptations
- Used in contemporary animated bedtime stories, often titled The Lazy Boy, is used to teach lessons about responsibility, diligence, and the pitfalls of laziness.[24]
- Transformative Journeys: These modern retellings frequently involve magical interventions—such as a dragon of boons offering rings of discipline, or a magical transformation into a working animal used to help the lazy protagonist discover the value of hard work. Like the story in the The Sluggish Boy.[25][26]
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ "The Fool Whose Wishes All Came True: Folktales of Type 675". sites.pitt.edu.
- ↑ Archived April 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Aarne, Antti; Thompson, Stith. The types of the folktale: a classification and bibliography. Folklore Fellows Communications FFC no. 184. Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 1961. pp. 236–237.
- ↑ Uther, Hans-Jörg (2004). The Types of International Folktales: A Classification and Bibliography, Based on the System of Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Academia Scientiarum Fennica. p. 371. ISBN 978-951-41-0963-8.
- ↑ Dundes, A (1997). "The motif-index and the tale type index: A critique". Journal of Folklore Research. 34 (3): 195–202. JSTOR 3814885.
- ↑ Thompson, S. (1928). The Types of the Folk-Tale: A classification and bibliography. Antti Aarne's Verzeichnis der Märchentypen, translated and enlarged. Folklore Fellows' Communications. Vol. 74. Helsinki, FI: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia. ISSN 0014-5815.
- ↑ Thompson, S. (1961). The Types of the Folktale: A classification and bibliography. Folklore Fellows' Communications. Vol. 184. Helsinki, FI: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia. ISSN 0014-5815.
- ↑ "Grimm 054a: Hans Dumb". sites.pitt.edu.
- ↑ "The Fool Whose Wishes All Came True: Folktales of Type 675". sites.pitt.edu.
- ↑ Thompson, Stith (1977). The Folktale. University of California Press. p. 68. ISBN 0-520-03537-2.
- ↑ "The Fool Whose Wishes All Came True: Folktales of Type 675". sites.pitt.edu.
- ↑ Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen; Moe, Jørgen; Nunnally, Tiina; Gaiman, Neil (2019). "The Maiden on the Glass Mountain". The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe. University of Minnesota Press. pp. 232–239. doi:10.5749/j.ctvrxk3w0.55. ISBN 978-1-5179-0568-2. JSTOR 10.5749/j.ctvrxk3w0.55. S2CID 241641576.
- ↑ Østergaard, Martin (December 8, 2015). "Ivanoushka the Simpleton - Fairytalez".
- ↑ Marie Catherine Baronne D'Aulnoy. "The Dolphin" The Fairy Tales of Madame D'Aulnoy'Miss Annie Macdonell and Miss Lee, translators. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1892.
- ↑ Films and TV series, children's cinema (2024-06-06). The fairy tale "At the Pike's behest", 1938. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "The Fool Whose Wishes All Came True: Folktales of Type 675". sites.pitt.edu.
- ↑ "The Fool Whose Wishes All Came True: Folktales of Type 675". sites.pitt.edu.
- ↑ "The Fool Whose Wishes All Came True: Folktales of Type 675". sites.pitt.edu.
- ↑ "The Fool Whose Wishes All Came True: Folktales of Type 675". sites.pitt.edu.
- ↑ "The Fool Whose Wishes All Came True: Folktales of Type 675". sites.pitt.edu.
- ↑ Boyd, Matthieu. "What's New in Ker-Is: ATU 675 in Brittany". Fairleigh Dickinson University – via www.academia.edu.
- ↑ Salam, Heba Abd El (October 3, 2023). "Library Guides: Linked Tales: French Folktales". libraryguides.missouri.edu.
- ↑ "The Fool Whose Wishes All Came True: Folktales of Type 675". sites.pitt.edu.
- ↑ "The Lazy Boy video". December 15, 2025 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "New D&D Boons Draconic Gifts from Fizban's Treasury of Dragons". December 8, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "The Lazy Boy, English Literacy Quiz".
