Beschrijving
(Land of Cokaygne.) Land in which impossible things happen: doves fleece a wolf, roast fowls fly, etc. [X950].
Motief
X1503
X1712
X1503.4
X1156.1
X1208.2
X1211.1
X1215.12
X1226.1
X1235.4
X1235.5
X1241.2.3
X1242.0.1.1
X1244.1
X1244.2
Commentaar
X1503. Schlaraffenland. X1712. Schlaraffenland lies three miles beyond Christmas. X1503.4. Mountain of grain to be eaten through on way to Schlaraffeniand. X1156.1. Fish caught with another's cries. X1208.2. Roast hens fly, heads to sky, tails to ground. X1211.1. Cat scratches out bear's tongue. X1215.12. Greyhounds drag mill out of water. X1226.1. Mice consecrate bishop. X1235.4. Cow climbs to roof. X1235.5. Cow puts bread in oven. X1241.2.3. Horses knead dough. X1242.0.1.1. Ass with silver nose hunts hares. X1244.1. Goat carries one hundred cartloads of grease. X1244.2. Goats heat oven. X1252.1. Crows mow meadow. X1855. Plow without horse or wheels. X1256.1. Doves tear up wolf. X1267.2. Hawk swims. X1294.1. Flies build bridge. X1342.3. Frog eats plowshare. X1344.1. Crab hunts hare. X1345.1. Snail kills lion. X1472.1. Pancakes growing on lime-tree. X1528.1. Mountain of cheese. F771.1.10. Gingerbread house. X1547.2.1. Honey flows up high mountain. X1561. Rome hanging by thread. X1727.1. Barber shaves wife's beard. X1741.4. Anvil swims river. X1791. Deaf, dumb, blind, and lame men catch hare. X1796.1. Footless man outruns swift horse. X1817.1. Razor-sharp sword as footbridge. X1856. Suckling children rock mother in cradle. X1856.1. Child throws down a kid. X1856.2. Child throws down mill-wheels from one town to another. X1857. Man drowned on mountain.
Subgenre
sprookje
Literatuur
*BP III 244ff. (Grimm Nos. 158, 159). - Literary Treatments: Herodotus III 17, 18
Münchhausen, ch. 17
Boccaccio Decameron VIII No. 3.