All-swallowing monster. Has whole towns of people and buildings, etc. inside.
Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Extraordinary swallowings. · view the constellation · filed as F911.6
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Italian Basile Pentamerone V No. 8 (fish)
- Africa Werner African 198, (Zulu): Callaway 55, 78ff., 85ff., 192, 325, 332, (Kaffir): Theal 84, 139f., 176, (Mpongwe): Nassau 34, 46 Nos. 4, 6, (Basuto): Jacottet 70 No. 11, 76 No. 12, 122 No. 17, 214 No. 31, (Ibo Nigeria): Thomas 115, 203 No. 1.
Within the index
Filed under Person (animal) swallowed without killing.
1 finer motif beneath it
Filed beside it
Carried in tale types
- Man Swallowed by Fish · ATU 1889G 1 recorded variant
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