Fehérlófia (Hungarian folk tale)

Fehérlófia
Folk tale
NameFehérlófia
Also known asThe Son of the White Horse; The Son of the White Mare
Aarne–Thompson groupingATU 301 (Three Stolen Princesses)
RegionHungary
Published inEredeti népmesék by László Arany (1862)
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Fehérlófia (lit. The Son of the White Horse or The Son of the White Mare) is a Hungarian folk tale published by László Arany in Eredeti Népmesék (1862). Its main character is a youth named Fehérlófia, a "Hungarian folk hero".

The tale is classified in the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index as tale type ATU 301, "The Three Stolen Princesses". However, the Hungarian National Catalogue of Folktales (MNK) classifies the tale as AaTh 301B.