Beschrijving
The Ungrateful Snake Returned to Captivity. A man rescues a snake (wolf, bear, tiger) from a trap. In return the snake seeks to kill the rescuer [W154.2.1]. Other animals are asked if a good deed should be repayed with a bad one. The fox, as judge, asks the snake to show how it was trapped. The snake is tricked into captivity [J1172.3]. Cf. Types 331, 926A.
In some variants a man warms a cold snake. The ungrateful snake bites the man and he dies.
In some variants a man warms a cold snake. The ungrateful snake bites the man and he dies.
Motief
W154.2.1
J1172.3
Commentaar
Documented in the 12the century by Petrus Alfonsus, Disciplina clericalis (No. 5). Parts are Aesopic (Perry 1965, 558ff. No. 640, 560f. 640a).
Combinaties
esp. 154, 331.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
155
Subgenre
sprookje

