Woman casts ring into sea boasting that it is as impossible for her to become poor as for the ring to be found. Ring is found in fish: she becomes poor

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Woman casts ring into sea boasting that it is as impossible for her to become poor as for the ring to be found. Ring is found in fish: she becomes poor.

Reversal of fortune. · Pride brought low. · Proud ruler (deity) humbled. · view the constellation · filed as L412.1

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

Finnish-SwedishWessman 19 No. 178.
general W. Jones Finger-Ring Lore (London, 1898) 440

Within the index

Filed under Rich man made poor to punish pride. He boasts that God has no power to make him poor. While he is at church, his property burns and he returns home poor.

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Fish recovers ring from sea

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