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El tipo 517 - The Boy Who Understands the Language of Birds (previously The Boy who Learned Many Things). se ha identificado en los siguientes relatos:

El caballo de siete colores, por Eduviges Reyes, de Amapa, Nayarit

 

 

Información sobre este tipo cuentístico: Description: A boy who understands (has learned) the language of birds [B215.1, B216] is asked by his father to tell what he has heard. He is at first reluctant, but then repeats the birds' prophecy [B143, M312.0.2] that the father will humble himself before the son (will serve him, bring water for the son to wash his hands). The father pushes the son into the sea (drives him out, tries to kill him) [M373]. The son is rescued and goes into the service of a foreign ruler. By hearing what birds say, he frees this ruler from ravens that annoy him. The son is honored and is given half the kingdom, and he marries a princess. In his new high position, he goes back to his parents, who serve him without recognizing him [N682]. Cf. Types 671, 671E*, 725, and 781.

Combinations: 671, 781.

Remarks:Documented in the Seven Wise Men, then by Johannes Gobi Junior, Scala caeli (No. 520). The assistance rendered to the king and the winning of the princess take various forms.

(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.)