Beschrijving
The Wolf and the Kids. A wolf comes while a mother goat is away, hoping to eat her kids (kid). When they do not open the door, the wolf changes his voice [K1832, K311.3] and colors his paws with flour [K1839.1]. The children believe that it is their mother and they open the door. The wolf eats the kids (all except one). The youngest kid hides in a clock. The mother returns and takes revenge on the wolf. She finds him asleep, cuts her children out of his belly [F913], and fills it with stones [Q426]. Or, she challenges him to a fight, which she wins. Or, she invites him to her house where he falls into a pit of hot coals. Cf. Types 333, 705B, 2028.
In older variants the kid obeys his mother and does not open the door [J144].
In older variants the kid obeys his mother and does not open the door [J144].
Motief
K1832
K311.3
K1839.1
F913
Q426
J144
Commentaar
Aesopic fable (Perry 1965, 529 No. 572), then documented in the 12th century by Marie de France, Ésope (No. 89) and ca. 1350 by Ulrich Boner, Edelstein (No. 33).
Combinaties
4, 34, and 122C, esp. 212, 333.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
123
Subgenre
sprookje