Beschrijving
Stolen sheep dressed as baby in cradle, so that thief may escape detection. [K406.2].
Subgenre
sprookje
Literatuur
**Whiting Speculum VII 552
Feilberg Ordbog II 370a s.v. »lam», IV 228a s.v. »hundehvalp»
*Baugh MPh XV 729
*Smyser JAFL XLVII 378
*Stroup JAFL XLVII 380
Southern Folklore Quarterly III 5f.
Middle English: Second Shepherd's Play
Irish myth: Cross (K521.1.3).