"The Sweet Porridge.” More tales from Grimm, Brothers Grimm, Wanda Gág, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006, pp. 43-46.

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"The Sweet Porridge.” More tales from Grimm, Brothers Grimm, Wanda Gág, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006, pp. 43-46. Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/21/2024 - 18:50

Wanda Gág Brothers Grimm

Tale Summary

Once there was a poor girl who lived with her mother, and they had hardly enough to eat. After they completely ran out of food, the girl went searching in the woods for nuts and berries, but came across an old woman. She handed the girl a kettle and told her that if she said the words “Cook, little kettle, cook,” it would make sweet porridge for her and her mother, and when they were satisfied with the amount she should say “stop, little kettle, stop”. The two were never hungry from then on, but one day while her daughter was away for a few hours, the mother asked for the kettle to begin cooking, but could not remember the words to stop it. The kettle cooked and cooked and cooked and flooded the cottage before pouring out of the windows and into the village. People ran from their homes to escape the flood of porridge, which began to flood the countryside. The girl returned home and cried “stop, little kettle, stop!” and it obeyed. The village people had to eat their way through the porridge to return home.

Fairy Tale Title

The Sweet Porridge

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm, Wanda Gág

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Wanda Gág

Common Tale Type

The Magic Mill

Tale Classification

ATU 565

Page Range of Tale

pp. 43-46

Full Citation of Tale

"The Sweet Porridge.” More tales from Grimm, Brothers Grimm, Wanda Gág, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006, pp. 43-46.

Original Source of the Tale

The Brothers Grimm

Tale Notes

This tale is the same type as the popular children's story "Strega nona"

Research and Curation

Kaeli Waggener, 2024

Book Title

More tales from Grimm

Book Author/Editor(s)

Brothers Grimm, Wanda Gág

Illustrator(s)

Wanda Gág

Publisher

University of Minnesota Press

Date Published

2006

Decade Published

2000-2006

Publisher City

Minneapolis

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Digital Copy

Available at the Internet Archive

Book Notes

Written and illustrated by celebrated children's author/illustrator Wanda Gág and originally published in 1947.

Traditional

White