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El tipo 306 - The Danced-out Shoes. (Including the previous Type 306A.) se ha identificado en los siguientes relatos:

La danza de las doce princesas, por Celia Álvarez, de Mezcala, Jalisco

La danza de las doce princesas, por Jaime Gutiérrez, de Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco

 

 

Información sobre este tipo cuentístico: Description: Every day, a princess(es) wears out a pair of shoes. Her father wants to know why and offers the princess (one of the princesses) to whoever discovers the secret [H508.2]. Anyone who fails will lose his head. A youth (soldier, Gypsy, tailor, shepherd, farmer, etc.) acquires a magic object (e.g. shoes, cap, overcoat, stick) which makes him invisible [D1980]. He refuses a narcotic drink and does not fall asleep [K625.1]. After making himself invisible, the youth accompanies the princess on a magical underground journey [D2131]. In the underworld he watches the princess wear out her shoes by dancing with the devil (dragon, other supernatural beings) [F1015. 1.1]. The next morning the youth tells the king what happened and corroborates his tale by tokens (e.g. twigs, apples, ring, piece of the princess's garment) from the underworld [H80]. He marries the princess [L161] and becomes king. Cf. Type 507. Mainly in Indian variants, a prince accompanies his wife to the otherworld where she has to dance each night before a divinity. He frees her [F87]. (Previously Type 306A.)

Combinations: 307, 505, 507, and 518.

(Hans-Jörg Uther. The types of International Folktales. A Classification and Bibliography, Based on the System of Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia-Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 2004.)