Thompson F420.1.3.2.1: Water-spirit as one-eyed fish.

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Assign F420.1.3.2.1, “Water-spirit as one-eyed fish,” with moderate certainty. The underwater voice has just asked for the one-eyed Borch; the pike answers “Here I am,” making the pike the addressed one-eyed fish in the episode. The supernatural identity is inferred from the immediate call-and-response and cessation of the underwater noise; the source does not separately state that the fish is one-eyed. F989.13 (“Animal dives into lake and disappears”) is not assigned here because this quote says the pike leaps out of the boat but does not explicitly say it enters the lake; the later case does.

• „Da sprang der Hecht mit einem gewaltigen Ruck aus dem Boote und rief ›Hier bin ich, hier bin ich!‹ und sogleich war aller Lärm verschwunden und Alles todtenstill.“

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The underwater voices identify the missing one-eyed sow while the fishermen hold a one-eyed fish, then threaten its captor until it is returned. This closely supports the water-spirit-as-one-eyed-fish entry, though the source leaves the fish’s supernatural identity implicit.

• „zieht der eine einen großen Fisch heraus, der hat nur ein Auge“
• „»Nein, die alte einäugige Sau fehlt noch.«“
• „wenn er sie länger halte, solle er nimmer seines Lebens wieder froh werden“

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Assign F420.1.3.2.1, “Water-spirit as one-eyed fish,” with moderate certainty: the one-eyed Borch is called for, and a fish answers “Here I am,” identifying itself as the requested being. Also assign F989.13, “Animal dives into lake and disappears”: the fish explicitly jumps from the boat into the water and is gone from the boat. The one-eyed status/identity is inferred from the adjacent call-and-answer; the return to water is directly stated.

• „Worauf der eine Fisch im Kahn antwortete ›Hir bün ik‹ und mit einem Satze ins Wasser sprang.“