Adventures of a Boy (Azerbaijani folktale)

Adventures of a Boy
Adventures of a Boy
Folk tale
Name	Adventures of a Boy
Also known as	"Приключения мальчика"; "Похождения мальчика";
Aarne–Thompson grouping	ATU 314 (Goldener)
Country	Azerbaijan
Related	The Black Colt; The Magician's Horse; Little Johnny Sheep-Dung; The Gifts of the Magician; Făt-Frumos with the Golden Hair; Donotknow; The Story of the Prince and His Horse; The Tale of Clever Hasan and the Talking Horse;

Adventures of a Boy is the title of an Azeri folktale first collected in Russian language in the early 20th century.

It is related, in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index, to tale type ATU 314, "Goldener", in that a boy and his friend horse escape from an attempt on their lives by the boy's parents, either on the boy or on the animal, and later he takes up a job as a king's gardener.