Beschrijving
Claw in Split Tree. A man (fox) asks a bear (tiger) to help him fell a tree (split wood). The bear is to hold his claw on a part of the tree. The man removes a wedge he had put there, so that the two pieces of wood spring back together and the bear is caught [K1111].
In some variants the bear asks the man for help, but the man says that the bear must help him first.
In some variants the bear asks the man for help, but the man says that the bear must help him first.
Motief
K1111
Commentaar
Documented in the Hitopadea (II,1) and in 1179 in the Roman de Renart (I,474–728).
Combinaties
151, 157A, and 1159.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
38
Subgenre
sprookje