Beschrijving
The Help of the Weak. Cf. Type 233B. This tale exists chiefly three different forms:
(1) A lion (tiger, bear, elephant) catches a mouse (squirrel, rat) (the mouse disturbs his sleep). The mouse begs for its freedom and promises to come to the rescue of the lion in the future. The lion laughs but sets the mouse free. Later, when the lion is caught in a net (pit, or tied with a rope), the mouse comes and gnaws him free (fills the hole with sand) [B371.1, B363, B437.2].
(2) A mouse (rat) runs under a net where a cat is also caught. When the danger is past, the mouse gnaws the net to free the cat out of gratitude that the cat did not eat him. The mouse says he regrets that a longer friendship between the two of them will not be possible [J426, cf. B545.1].
(3) A lion asks a mouse to rescue him from a net. In return, the mouse asks to marry the lion’s daughter. The lion at first refuses but then agrees to the marriage. The lioness (accidentally) treads on the mouse.
Cf. Type 233B.
(1) A lion (tiger, bear, elephant) catches a mouse (squirrel, rat) (the mouse disturbs his sleep). The mouse begs for its freedom and promises to come to the rescue of the lion in the future. The lion laughs but sets the mouse free. Later, when the lion is caught in a net (pit, or tied with a rope), the mouse comes and gnaws him free (fills the hole with sand) [B371.1, B363, B437.2].
(2) A mouse (rat) runs under a net where a cat is also caught. When the danger is past, the mouse gnaws the net to free the cat out of gratitude that the cat did not eat him. The mouse says he regrets that a longer friendship between the two of them will not be possible [J426, cf. B545.1].
(3) A lion asks a mouse to rescue him from a net. In return, the mouse asks to marry the lion’s daughter. The lion at first refuses but then agrees to the marriage. The lioness (accidentally) treads on the mouse.
Cf. Type 233B.
Motief
B371.1
B363
B437.2
J426
B545.1
Commentaar
Aesopic fable (Perry 1965, 450 No. 150).
Combinaties
157A.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
75
Subgenre
sprookje