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- The Name of the Helper

(Titeliture, Rumpelstilzchen, Tom-Tit-Tot). The maiden learns the name of her supernatural helper. I. Impossible Task. (a) A girl wedded to prince is compelled (to fulfill her mother's false boasting) to spin an impossible amount of yarn or (b) to spin gold. Cf. Type 501. II. Bargain with the Helper. (a) A supernatural being agrees to help the girl (b) or to reward a man (c) but she must give him her child or herself, (e) if she cannot within a certain time guess his name or (f) his age. III. The Helper Overcome. (a) By chance the name (age) is discovered, (b) the name is pronounced, and the helper vanishes.

H914

H1092

H1021.8

D2183

S222

S222.1

H512

H521

H521.1

N475

C432.1

I. H914. Tasks assigned because of mother's foolish boasting. H1092. Task: spinning impossible amount in one night. H1021.8. Task: spinning gold.
II. D2183. Magic spinning. Usually performed by a supernatural helper. S222. Man promises (sells) child in order to save himself from danger or death. S222.1. Woman promises her unborn child to appease offended witch. H512. Guessing with life as wager. H521. Test: guessing unknown propounder's name. H521.1. Test: guessing unknown pro- pounder's age.
III. N475. Secret name overheard by eavesdropper. C432.1. Guessing name of supernatural creature gives power over him.

sprookje

**Clodd Tom-Tit-Tot

**Polivka Zs. f. Vksk. X 254-272, 325, 382-396, 438f.

**von Sydow Tva Spinnsagor

Liungman Rig (1941) 89ff., and Folkminnen och Folktankar (1943) 94ff.

Hartmann Trollvorstellungen 170

Boberg FFC CLI 10ff.

Coffin 3

*BP I 490 (Grimm No. 55).