Beschrijving
The Thief and the Tiger. A tiger overhears a person saying that he fears something worse than the tiger. The word is unknown to the tiger (dripping of rain, sweet, twilight). Thinking it must be a terrible thing, the tiger hides (sometimes among sheep) and is found by a drunken man (thief) who mistakes him for his horse. He rides off on the tiger [J2132.4, cf. N691.1.2] (steals it because it seems to be a very big sheep [N392]). The tiger thinks the man must be the terrible thing he has heard about and meekly submits. In the morning the man sees his mistake and flees. Cf. Type 1692.
Motief
J2132.4
N691.1.2
N392
Commentaar
Documented in Indian Pañcatantra (V,10).
Combinaties
1640.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
177
Subgenre
sprookje