Beschrijving
The Lion Searches for Man. A young lion, warned by his parents to shun man [J22.1], asks other large animals if they are man. They answer that they are only the ill-treated servants of men. He meets a man and is scornful of him, but the man tricks him into entering a cage and leaves him to starve.
Or, the man tricks the lion into placing his claws in a cleft of a tree where he is trapped [K1111]. Cf. Types 38, 151.
Or, the man tricks the lion into placing his claws in a cleft of a tree where he is trapped [K1111]. Cf. Types 38, 151.
Motief
J22.1
K1111
Commentaar
Documented in ancient Egypt (Jason/Kempinski 1981, 23).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
157A
Subgenre
sprookje