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Atu may refer to: Atu, a character in Samoan mythology; Atu Bosenavulagi, an Australian rules footballer; Atu, Iran, a village in Iran; Atu Moli, New Zealand rugby union player; Atu'u, a village on Tutuila Island, American Samoa; ATU may refer to:
"Snow-White and Rose-Red" (German: Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot) is a German fairy tale. The best-known version is the one collected by the Brothers Grimm in 1837 in the third edition of their collection Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 161). [1] It was first published by Wilhelm Grimm in 1827 in Wilhelm Hauff's Märchen-Almanach. [2]
"Thumbling's Travels" (also known as "Thumbling as Journeyman") [1] is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales in 1812 (KHM 45). The original German name for the character is "Daumerling," not to be confused with the similar tale " Daumesdick " or KHM 37, which was added in 1819.
In the 19th century, Austrian consul Johann Georg von Hahn, collector of Balkanic folktales, remarked that "Strong Hans" tales are some of the most common folktales. He also compared the strong hero to Greek god Heracles, Germanic deity Thor and hero Siegfried, due to their heroic feats of defeating a dragon or serpent, as well as being great eaters and drinkers. [9]
At least two Armenian variants combine the tale type ATU 551, "The Water of Life (The Wonderful Remedy for the King)" with ATU 531, "The Clever Horse". In Kush-Pari or The Bird-Peri, three princes search for a cure for their father's blindness, but only the youngest is successful in journeying beyond the realm with his father's magical horse ...
Atlantic Technological University (also known as Atlantic TU or ATU; Irish: Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta an Atlantaigh; OTA) [1] is a technological university in the west and north-west of Ireland. It was formally established on 1 April 2022 as a merger of three existing institutes of technology (ITs) – Galway-Mayo IT , IT Sligo , and ...
"Old Sultan" (German: Der alte Sultan) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 48). [1]The tale combines two different Aarne–Thompson-Uther types: ATU 101 ("The Old Dog as Rescuer of the Child") and ATU 103 ("War between Wild Animals and Domestic Animals").
"Thumbling," published in German as "Daumesdick" (literally, "Thumb-thick"), is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales in 1819 (KHM 37). [1] The Grimms included another, similar story, "Thumbling's Travels". Both stories are related to the English Tom Thumb and often share its title when translated into English.