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El tipo 1200 - Sowing Salt. se ha identificado en los siguientes relatos:

El avaro de Mexticacán, por Salvador González Quesada, de Yahualica de González Gallo, Jalisco

 

 

Información sobre este tipo cuentístico: Description: Fools (numskulls) sow salt in a field and expect it to grow so they can sell the crop for a high price [J1932.3]. Instead of salt, nettles grow, and the numskulls are proud of how well the "salt" is doing. In some variants, instead of salt, various substances like cooked grain [J1932.1], needles [J1932.5], gold dust, a small coin [J2348], chopped bacon or a hog [J1932.4] are sowed or planted.

Combinations: 1201, 1245, 1285, 1288, 1382, 1383, 1384, and 1540.

Remarks:Documented in the late 16th century in the Lalebuch (No. 14).

(Hans-Jörg Uther. The types of International Folktales. A Classification and Bibliography, Based on the System of Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia-Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 2004.)