Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson A1115.2 — Why the sea is salt: magic salt mill

A1115.2
Thompson motif reference
A
Mythological Motifs
1
Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

Why the sea is salt: magic salt mill. Stolen by sea-captain, who takes it aboard and orders it to grind. It will stop only for its master; ship sinks and mill keeps grinding salt.—*Type 565; *BP II 438ff.—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 283; cf. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 108.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

These links are derived from the Thompson motif references stored in the Folklore Database's ATU concordance.

ATUTitle
ATU 565 The Magic Mill
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