Beschrijving
Animal Captor Persuaded to Talk. A fox (jackal, wolf) catches a chicken (crow, bird, hyena, sheep, etc. ) and is about to eat it. The weak animal asks a question and the fox answers. Thus he releases the prey and it escapes [K561.1]. Cf. Types 20D*, 122A, 122C, 122B*, 227, and 227*.
Motief
K561.1
Commentaar
Aesopic fable (Perry 1965, 525f. No. 562a). Also documented between 1174 and 1202 in the Roman de Renart (II,353–459, XVI,533–637).
Combinaties
56A, 61.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
6
Subgenre
sprookje

