μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 10references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • ChineseGraham. – Two special forms of this motif are common
  • Missouri FrenchCarrière. – 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.
Within the index

Filed under Release of animal by hunter (fisher).

2 finer motifs beneath it
Grateful fish grants mad hero his wish: to impregnate a princess. Later the fish saves the hero and his family from death at seaFish grateful for being transferred from tank to river
Filed beside it
Frog returned to spring: grateful. Teaches hero animals' language (Cf. B217)Bird released: gratefulSquirrel released: grateful and helpfulMonkey released: gratefulRat released: gratefulLeopard released: gratefulTurtle released: gratefulSerpent released: gratefulJackal released: grateful
Travels with
Helpful fish. (Cf. B375.1. and references.)Fish promises to spare man in coming flood. (Cf. B375.1.)
Carried in tale types

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