Beschrijving
Seven with one stroke. While fleeing defeats the enemy (the sign-post on his arm). Kills wild boar. Also incidents belonging to the stupid ogre and the clever man; cf. Types 1000ff.
I. Boastful Fly-Killer. The tailor kills seven flies and puts an inscription on his girdle, »Seven with one stroke».
II. Lucky Successes. He is put to various tests of his prowess: squeezin the stone, etc. See Types 1051, 1052, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1082, l085, 1115.
III. Lucky Hunter. At the order of the king (a) he kills two giants by striking one from ambush and thus bringing about a fight in which they slay one another; (b) he tricks a unicorn into running his horn into tree; (c) he drives a wild boar into a church and captures him.
IV. The Wedding. (a) He is married to the princess but soon betrays his calling by asking for thread. (b) Soldiers are sent to take him but he intimidates them with his boasting.
V. At War. In war when his horse runs away he grasps a cross from the graveyard (a tree) and waves it so that the enemy flee in terror.
Motief
J1115.4
K1951.1
K1112
K71
K62
K63
K18.3
K18.2
K72
K61
K525.1
K1082
K771
K731
H38.2.1
K1951.3
K1951.2
Commentaar
I. J1115.4. Clever tailor. K1951.1. Boastful fly-killer: »seven at a blow». A tailor who has killed seven flies writes on a placard: »Seven at a blow.» He is received as a great warrior.
II. K1112. Bending the tree. Hero bends tree over but when he catches breath the tree shoots him to the sky. K71. Deceptive contest in carrying a tree: riding. K62. Contest in squeezing water from a stone. K63. Contest in biting a stone. The ogre bites a stone; the man a nut. K18.3. Throwing contest: bird substituted for stone. The ogre throws a stone; the hero a bird which flies out of sight. K18.2. Throwing contest: golden club on the cloud. Trickster shows the ogre the club he has thrown. (Really only a bright spot on the cloud.) K72. Deceptive contest in carrying a horse. The ogre carries it on his back and soon tires; the man carries it between his legs (rides). K61. Contest in pushing hole in tree: hole prepared beforehand. K525.1. Substituted object left in bed while intended victim escapes.
III. K1082. Ogres (large animals, sharp-elbowed women) duped into fighting each other. K771. Unicorn tricked into running horn into tree. K731. Wildboar captured in church.
IV. H38.2.1. Tailor married to princess betrays self by calling for needle and thread. K1951.3. Sham-warrior intimidates soldiers with his boasting.
V. K1951.2. Runaway cavalry-hero.
II. K1112. Bending the tree. Hero bends tree over but when he catches breath the tree shoots him to the sky. K71. Deceptive contest in carrying a tree: riding. K62. Contest in squeezing water from a stone. K63. Contest in biting a stone. The ogre bites a stone; the man a nut. K18.3. Throwing contest: bird substituted for stone. The ogre throws a stone; the hero a bird which flies out of sight. K18.2. Throwing contest: golden club on the cloud. Trickster shows the ogre the club he has thrown. (Really only a bright spot on the cloud.) K72. Deceptive contest in carrying a horse. The ogre carries it on his back and soon tires; the man carries it between his legs (rides). K61. Contest in pushing hole in tree: hole prepared beforehand. K525.1. Substituted object left in bed while intended victim escapes.
III. K1082. Ogres (large animals, sharp-elbowed women) duped into fighting each other. K771. Unicorn tricked into running horn into tree. K731. Wildboar captured in church.
IV. H38.2.1. Tailor married to princess betrays self by calling for needle and thread. K1951.3. Sham-warrior intimidates soldiers with his boasting.
V. K1951.2. Runaway cavalry-hero.
Subgenre
sprookje
Literatuur
*BP I 148ff (Grimm No. 20)
**Bodker »The Brave Tailor in Danish Tradition» Thompson Festschrift 1 ff.
*Wisser Zs. f. Vksk. XXII 166ff.
*Anderson Novelline No. 56
Coffin 9
Espinosa III 222ff.