Sweet Porridge | |
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Folk tale | |
Name | Sweet Porridge |
Also known as | The Magic Porridge Pot |
Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 565 |
Country | Germany |
Published in | Grimms' Fairy Tales |
Related | Why the Sea Is Salt; The Water Mother |
"Sweet Porridge" (German: Der süße Brei), often known in English under the title of "The Magic Porridge Pot", is a folkloric German fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm, as tale number 103 in Grimm's Fairy Tales, in the 19th century. It is Aarne–Thompson–Uther type 565, the magic mill. Other tales of this type include Why the Sea Is Salt and The Water Mother.