The Lambkin and the Little Fish is a German
fairy tale collected by the
Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm ( or ), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were a brother duo of German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers, and authors who together collected and published folklore. They are among the ...
, tale number 141.
It is
Aarne-Thompson type 450, the brother and sister; another tale of this type is ''
Brother and Sister
"Brother and Sister" (also "Little Sister and Little Brother"; German: ''Brüderchen und Schwesterchen'') is a European fairy tale which was, among others, written down by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 11). It is a tale of Aarne–Thompson Type 450. In ...
''.
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Synopsis
A brother and sister had a stepmother
A stepmother, stepmum or stepmom is a non-biological female parent married to one's preexisting parent.
A stepmother-in-law is a stepmother of one's spouse. Children from her spouse's previous unions are known as her stepchildren.
Culture
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who hated them. One day, they were playing a counting-out game in a meadow by a pool, and their stepmother turned the boy into a fish and the girl into a lamb. Then guests came, and the stepmother ordered the cook to serve the lamb. The lamb and fish lamented their fates to each other, and the cook served another animal and gave the lamb to a good peasant woman, who had been the girl's nurse. She suspected who the lamb was, and brought her to a wise woman. This wise woman pronounced a blessing over the lamb and fish, restoring their human forms, and gave them a little hut in the woods, where they lived happily.
See also
* The Golden Stag (fairy tale)
The Golden Stag (Romanian: ''Cerbul de aur'') is a Romanian fairy tale.
Source
The tale was originally collected in late 19th century by Romanian folklorist with the title ''Cerbul de aur''. He sourced it from a man named Costache Georgescu, fro ...
References
External links
''The Little Lamb and the Little Fish''
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ATU 400-459