Beschrijving
Plowing. The king buys the boy. In thieves' company. In the belly of the cow and of the wolf. Cf. Type 327B.
I. The Hero's Birth. A childless couple wish for a child, however small he may be; they have a boy the size of a thumb [F535.1.].
II. His Adventures. [F535.1.1] (a) He drives the wagon by sitting in the horse's ear; (b) he lets himself be sold and then runs away; (c) he is carried up the chimney by the steam of food; (d) he teases the tailor's wife; (e1) he helps thieves rob a treasure-house; (e2) he betrays the thieves by his cries; (f) he is swallowed by a cow [F911.3.1], makes an outcry [F913], and is rescued when the cow is slaughtered; (g1) he persuades the fox who has eaten him to go to his father's house and eat chickens, or (g2) the wolf to go to his father's pantry: he then calls for help and is rescued.
- Adapted from BP.
Subgenre
sprookje
Literatuur
*BP I 389 (Grimm Nos. 37, 45)
*M. de Meyer Vlaamsche Sprookjesthemas 121ff.
Coffin 1
Anderson Novelline Nos. 34, 35, 93, 94
*Espinosa III 110-116.