Beschrijving
Dog has saved child from serpent. Father sees bloody mouth, thinks the dog has eaten the child, and kills the dog. [B331.2]. (Sometimes told of mongoose).
Subgenre
sprookje
Literatuur
*BP 1 425 n. 1
Köhler-Bolte I 534
*Emeneau Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society LXXXIII 503ff.
Chauvin II 100 No. 59, VIII 66 No. 31
Penzer V 138 n. 1
K. Campbell Sages Ixxviii ff.
Benfey Panschatantra I 479ff.
Bødker Exempler 299 No. 64
Clouston Tales II 167.