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

923: Loving the Salt

ATU > 850-999: REALISTIC TALES > 920-929: Clever Acts and Words > 923: Loving the Salt

Description

The youngest of three daughters says that she loves her father like salt. The sick father is driven forth, etc. [592.1]. See analysis of Type 510: I c; II a; III c; V.

Variants

923A. Like wind in the hot sun

A wife thus expresses her love for her husband. He is offended but in the hot sun learns the meaning of his wife's saying and returns to her.

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
The goose-girl at the well923EnglishMargaret HuntGermany_

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Cap o' Rushes 923 British Internet Archive
Dear as Salt 923 Italian Internet Archive
El agua y la sal 923 España Carmen Conti Jiménez 2016 Corpus de Literatura Oral
Old Woman's Hide 923 Italian Internet Archive
Princess who loved her Father like Salt 923 Greek Internet Archive
Sugar and Salt 923 British Internet Archive
The Goose-Girl at the Well 923 German Internet Archive
Three Killed Florrie, Florrie Killed Ten 923 African-American Internet Archive
Zoo geren as zout 923 Netherlands 1889 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank

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