Hunter catches fish in boots while wading — Mythoi

Motif

Hunter catches fish in boots while wading.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lie: Great hunters and fishermen. · The wonderful hunt. · view the constellation · filed as X1112

Cited in the index

general Type 1895.

Within the index

Filed under The wonderful hunt.

Filed beside it

The unlucky hunt Hunter shoots ram-rod full of ducks Man lays bag by fencehole and all the hares run into it Large bag of frozen raccoons taken by hunter. (Cf. X1130.3.) The breathing tree. Hunter cuts down tree packed full of animals. The tree is so full of animals that a crack in tree opens as animals inhale, closes when they exhale Miscellaneous stories of plentiful game

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Strong man bathing and diving in river catches thousands of fishes in his beard. (Cf. X1112.)

Carried in tale types

A Man Wading in Water Catches Many Fish in his Boots · ATU 1895 1 recorded variant

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