A man without a stomach. The man complains that he is a mere slave of his stomach. His wish is granted and the stomach taken away from him. He discovers soon that life has become very uninteresting to him, and recovers his stomach again

Motif

A man without a stomach. The man complains that he is a mere slave of his stomach. His wish is granted and the stomach taken away from him. He discovers soon that life has become very uninteresting to him, and recovers his stomach again.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Absurd wishes. · view the constellation · filed as J2072.4

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. *716.

Within the index

Filed under Short-sighted wish.

Filed beside it

Short-sighted wish: Midas's touch. Everything to turn to gold Short-sighted wish: grain to grow without beards. Birds eat it up Short-sighted wish: all he pulls on will follow. He blows his nose and it pulls out long Short-sighted wish: camel wishes a long neck. Killed by jackals Old woman demands something that she would remember all her life: her nose cut off

Carried in tale types

The Unbearable Satiety (previously The Value of a Stomach) · ATU 716* 1 recorded variant

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