Beschrijving
The fox is the favorite suitor of the girl the rabbit wants. The rabbit tells the girl that the fox is his horse. She refuses to believe him. She agrees to marry if he will ride to her house. He persuades fox to carry him—usually by feigning lameness—and wins the girl. (Sometimes told of human beings.) Cf. Type 4.
Motief
K1241
K1241.1
Commentaar
[K1241, K1241.1].
Subgenre
sprookje
Literatuur
*Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 66
Beckwith MAFLS XVII 235
Coffin 16
Gerber 51 No. 4.