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

1260: Jumping into the sea for fish

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1200-1349: Stories about a Fool > 1260: Jumping into the sea for fish

Description

They put meal into the ice hole and then, one after another, all jump in to taste the porridge. [J1938].

Variants

1260A. Hare Soup

Hare (crab) escapes from water heating to make soup. Later numskulls drink and think they have good soup.

1260B. Numskull strikes all the matches in order to try them

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External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Porridge in the Whirlpool 1260 British Internet Archive

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