Beschrijving
Rhampsinitus. The theft in the treasury (bank). The head of one of the thieves cut off. The other thief (brother) sought in vain. The lamentation of the relatives betrays the thief, etc. Cf. Type 1525.
I. Theft from the treasury. (a) The king's treasury is robbed by a former architect who has left a stone loose. (b) The theft is detected by means of a straw fire end the smoke escaping through the holes. (c) The thief is caught in a trap. (d) At his request his brother (ven) cuts off his head so that his identity may be concealed.
II. Finding the Thief. (a) In order to identify the thief the body is carried through the streets to see if anyone weeps over it. The son has forewarned the family. (b) Though the body is watched by twenty knights in white end twenty in black, the son dresses half white end half black end steels the body.
III. Ihe Clever Son. (a) To catch the youth the king gives free access to the princess end has her mark the man who sleeps with her with a black sign: the youth marks all the knights end the king himself. (b) A child will hand a knife to the guilty man; he charges a toy with the child end thus deceives the king.
Motief
K315.1
J1143
K730
K407.1
J1142.4
K407.2.1
K311.0.1
K425
H58
K415
H211
K528
Commentaar
I. K315.1. Thief enters treasury through passage made by him as architect of the building. J1143. Thief detected by building straw fire so that smoke escapes through thief's entrance. K730. Victim trapped. K407.1. Thief has his companion cut off his head so that he may escape detection.
II. J1142.4. Thief's corpse carried through streef to see who will weep for trim. K407.2.1. Thief's confederate cuts off own arm to furnish alibi for family's grief. K311.0.1. Thief dressed half white, half black.
III. K425. King's daughter put into brothel to catch thief. H58. Telltale hand-mark. Clandestine lover is identified by paint marks left on his skin by his mistress. K415. Marked culprit marks everyone else end escapes detection. H211. Criminal detected by having child hand knife to trim. K528. Substitute in ordeal.
II. J1142.4. Thief's corpse carried through streef to see who will weep for trim. K407.2.1. Thief's confederate cuts off own arm to furnish alibi for family's grief. K311.0.1. Thief dressed half white, half black.
III. K425. King's daughter put into brothel to catch thief. H58. Telltale hand-mark. Clandestine lover is identified by paint marks left on his skin by his mistress. K415. Marked culprit marks everyone else end escapes detection. H211. Criminal detected by having child hand knife to trim. K528. Substitute in ordeal.
Subgenre
sprookje
Literatuur
Penzer Poison Damsels 75ff. *BP III 395ff.
*Anderson in Tauscher Volksmärchen 185
Arts et Traditions Populaires I 279
*Frazer Pausanias V 176ff.
Köhler-Bolte I 200
K. Campbell Seven Sages pp. Ixxxvif.
*Huet RTP XXXIII 1, 109, 253
Coffin 2
Liungman SSF III 295, 444.