Beschrijving
The Fox Persuades the Rooster to Crow with Closed Eyes. A fox meets a bird (rooster, partridge) whom he persuades to sing (dance) for him. He asks the bird to close its eyes as his father had always done (the fox comes near the bird, pretending that he cannot understand it). The fox grabs the bird [K721, K815.1]. Cf. Type 56D.
In many variants, the bird, caught in the fox’s mouth, induces him to speak, e.g. to say grace before he eats or to tell someone what he has caught. When the fox opens his mouth, the bird escapes [K561.1]. Cf. Types 6, 122A, 122B*, 227, and 227*.
In many variants, the bird, caught in the fox’s mouth, induces him to speak, e.g. to say grace before he eats or to tell someone what he has caught. When the fox opens his mouth, the bird escapes [K561.1]. Cf. Types 6, 122A, 122B*, 227, and 227*.
Motief
K721
K815.1
K561.1
Commentaar
Documented in the 7th century in a poem of Alcuin (died 804 C.E.), then between 1174 and 1190 in the Roman de Renart (II,276–468).
Combinaties
6.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
61
Subgenre
sprookje