Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

832: The Disappointed Fisher

ATU > 750-849: RELIGIOUS TALES > 827-849: Other Religious Tales > 832: The Disappointed Fisher

Description

The fisher, his wife, and his child always get three fishes. From greed they kill the child in order to have more fish for themselves. But they catch from then on only two fishes. [Q553.5].

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