ATU 165 'Fish, not Flesh' (previously The Wolf in the Company of Saints)

ATU 165

'Fish, not Flesh' (previously The Wolf in the Company of Saints)

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Animal Tales · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

The wolf in the company of saints. Promises to give up slaying animals. After wringing the gander's neck, excuses self saying: "He should not have hissed at the saint." 1 variant
False repentance of the sick. Wolf having eaten too much meat promises God to eat no more meat. When he becomes well he eats as before. 1 variant

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.