• Chinese Graham. – Two special forms of this motif are common
• Missouri French Carrière. – For other references see B243. – (2) The "Fisher and his Wife" form. The king of the fishes in this case grants the man's wife the power of fulfilling all her wishes
• general *Fb "fisk"
• general Hartland Science 174. India: Thompson-Balys
• general in both the fish is returned to the water and rewards the captor. (1). The "King of the Fishes" form: a man captures the king of fishes (B243) who as a reward for the release tells the man to feed parts of his body (when he is later captured) to his wife and parts to certain animals. As a result the hero and congenital helpful animals (B311) are born: *Type 303
• general BP I 528 (Gr. Nos. 60, 85)
• general Sébillot Incidents s.v. "poisson", Gaster Exempla 251 No. 373.
• general *Type 555
• general BP I 138 (Gr. No. 19)
• general see C773.1.2.

Filed under Release of animal by hunter (fisher).

• The Fisherman and his Wife · ATU 555 4 recorded variants
• The Lazy Boy · ATU 675 1 recorded variant