Beschrijving
The Wolf Dives into the Water for Reflected Cheese. (Including the previous Type 34B.) A wolf (fox, hyena, monkey) sees the moon reflected in water (a well) and thinks there is a cheese (sheep, butter) lying under the water. He jumps in to get it [J1791.3]. Often another animal (the fox) persuades the wolf to do this. Cf. Types 1335A, 1336.
In some variants the animal tries to drink up the water in order to get some cheese that he supposes is under it. He bursts. Or, the fox plugs him with a stopper just before he would have burst, and removes it when they come to an inn (a party). (Previously Type 34B.) Cf. Type 1141.
In some variants the animal tries to drink up the water in order to get some cheese that he supposes is under it. He bursts. Or, the fox plugs him with a stopper just before he would have burst, and removes it when they come to an inn (a party). (Previously Type 34B.) Cf. Type 1141.
Motief
J1791.3
Commentaar
Documented by Petrus Alfonsus, Disciplina clericalis (No. 23) in the 12th century. The variant with the drinking animal appears in Marie de France, Ésope, No. 58 (cf. Perry 1965, 448 No. 135). With human actors see Type 1336.
Combinaties
This type is usually combined with episodes of one or more other types, esp. 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 15, 32, 41, 49, 49A, 74C*, 78A, 122, 122A, 123, 154, 175, and 1530.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
34
Subgenre
sprookje