Sweet Porridge

Sweet Porridge
1909 illustration. Residents eat their way back to the town through a mound of porridge.
Folk tale
NameSweet Porridge
Also known asThe Magic Porridge Pot
Aarne–Thompson groupingATU 565
CountryGermany
Published inGrimms' Fairy Tales
RelatedWhy 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.