Nr. 87. Der Sammelplatz der Irrlichter.

ATU-Erzähltypen

Keine belegbare Zuordnung in der geprüften Auswahl.

The report of will-o’-wisps leading a traveler into swamps and retreating from a cross does not instantiate ATU 844**: that type requires exchanging one’s cross/bag of sorrows and discovering one’s own fate is preferable. Other ranked types lacked this action sequence.

Thompson-Motive

F491.1 fits the explicit leading-astray action. F491.3 separately fits the lights being driven back by the sign of the cross. F491.3.3 (steel protection) is not assigned: the source names a cross, not steel. F491.3.1 (turning a garment) and F491.3.2 (sticking a knife in the ground) are also absent. The ATU cross-exchange plot is not present.

• Thompson F491.1 · Will-o'-the-Wisp leads people astray.

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  Textbelege und Katalog

  The source explicitly says the will-o’-wisps lead a late traveler into swamps, matching the entry for a will-o’-the-wisp leading people astray.

  • „Zu Dutzenden traten sieauf, führten den späten Wanderer in Sümpfe und klatschtendann vor Schadenfreude irrdie Hände“

  Thompson F491.1 im Katalog, öffnet in neuem Tab

• Thompson F491.3 · Will-o'-the-Wisp exorcised.

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  Textbelege und Katalog

  When a person stands his ground and makes the sign of the cross, the will-o’-wisps retreat powerless. This is a directly narrated warding/exorcising of the wisp; the code does not require a particular rite beyond the definition’s expulsion.

  • „Den furchtsam Fliehenden rannten sie nach, doch wenn man rnuthig stehenblieb und sichschnellbekreuzte,wichen sie ohnmächtig zurück“

  Thompson F491.3 im Katalog, öffnet in neuem Tab