Beschrijving
Grateful Animals, Ungrateful Man [W154.8]. A traveler saves a tiger (lion, crow), a monkey (bear), a snake, and a man (jeweler) from a pit (from a tree trunk floating in a flood). The animals give their rescuer a reward or promise to help him later. One animal gives him stolen jewels [B361]. The man also promises to reward the rescuer but later he denies it. He accuses the rescuer before the king of having stolen the jewels. The rescuer is to be punished. The snake saves him by biting the king’s child and then showing the rescuer the proper remedy [B522.1, B522.2, B512]. (Cf. Type 101.) The traveler is freed and the jeweler is punished.
Often the traveler is warned not to rescue the man.
Often the traveler is warned not to rescue the man.
Motief
W154.8
B361
B522.1
B522.2
B512
Commentaar
Documented as a Buddhistic legend in the third century.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
160
Subgenre
sprookje