 It is Aarne-Thompson type 425A, the search for the lost husband.Others of this type include The Black Bull of Norroway, The Brown Bear of Norway, The Daughter of the Skies, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, The King of Love, The Tale of the Hoodie, Master Semolina, The Sprig of Rosemary, The Enchanted Snake, and White-Bear-King-Valemon.It opens with an episode of 411, In an Enchanted Skin; others of this type include The Pig King.