Beschrijving
Snake is given milk. Gives gold from tail as reward. Later man's son wants all gold at once and cuts the tail off. Boy is bitten by snake. Man tries to give snake milk again, but they can't be reconciled for each has injuries that cannot be forgotten. Cf. Type 159*.
Motief
K951.1
K951.2
Commentaar
[J15].
Subgenre
sprookje
Literatuur
*Anderson in Tauscher Volksmärchen 171 No. 4
*BP II 459
Chauvin II 94 No. 43, 102 No. 62.