Beschrijving
The Fox Plays Dead and Is Thrown out of the Pit and Escapes. A fox (often together with one or more other animals) is caught in a trap (pit) and cannot get out. When the hunter comes, the fox pretends to be dead [K522]. The hunter takes him out of the trap and, thinking he will not move, lays him down. The fox runs away. Cf. Types 1, 105*, 233A, and 239.
Other animals try to imitate the fox’s trick and pretend to be dead, but the hunter is not fooled a second time.
Other animals try to imitate the fox’s trick and pretend to be dead, but the hunter is not fooled a second time.
Motief
K522
Combinaties
41, 105.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
33
Subgenre
sprookje