Scholars Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif Kanaana stated that "in European tradition" type AaTh 894 is found in association with the story of "The Sleeping Prince".Muhawi, Ibrahim, and Sharif Kanaana. Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1989. p. 365. . Professor Jack V. Haney stated that type 437 is more common in Ukraine, but "uncommon" in Western Europe.Haney, Jack, V. An Anthology of Russian Folktales. London and New York: Routledge. 2015 [2009]. p. 74. .
