Beschrijving
The Nightcap Dealer and the Monkeys. A man who sells nightcaps puts one on and lies down to sleep. Some monkeys steal some of his caps and put them on. When the man wakes up and sees that the monkeys have his nightcaps, he takes his off and throws it in anger down on the ground. The monkeys copy him, so he gets his nightcaps back [B786].
Motief
B786
Commentaar
Early literary version, see Hans Sachs, Der kremer mit den affen (1555).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
185
Subgenre
sprookje