Beschrijving
Pan Is Dead (previously King of the Cats Is Dead). A man (dwarf) hears a voice (of a cat) that tells him to announce that a third figure (the god Pan, the king of the cats) is dead. The man does not recognize either the voice or the name of the dead person. When he comes home he tells what happened. When the maid (cat) hears this, she says she has to leave (is now the new king of the cats), goes away, and never comes back [B342].
In some variants a man kills a cat that follows him. Before she dies, the cat tells the man to inform a particular person of her death. When the man comes home and tells what happened, his own cat kills him.
In some variants a man kills a cat that follows him. Before she dies, the cat tells the man to inform a particular person of her death. When the man comes home and tells what happened, his own cat kills him.
Motief
B342
Commentaar
Documented by Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum (17); with cats in the 16th century in the Zimmerische Chronik.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
113A
Subgenre
sprookje