ATU 555 The Fisherman and his Wife

ATU 555

The Fisherman and his Wife

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

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Magic birds, fish, reptiles, etc. 4 variants
Fish returned to water: grateful. 4 variants
Wishes granted without limit. 4 variants
Tabu: making unreasonable requests. Given power of fulfilling all wishes, person oversteps moderation and is punished. 1 variant
One should not be too greedy. 1 variant
Overweening ambition punished. 1 variant
Immoderate request punished. (Cf. Q501.8, Q559.6, Q572.4, Q582.6, Q585.2.) 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.