Beschrijving
The Race between Hare and Tortoise (previously Hare and Tortoise Race: Sleeping Hare). In a race between a fast animal (hare) and a slow animal (tortoise, toad), the fast animal sleeps on the road because it thinks it has plenty of time. The slow animal is able to pass it and wins the race by its endurance [K11.3].
Motief
K11.3
Commentaar
Aesopic fable (Perry 1965, 465 No. 226). Sometimes combined with etiological legends.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
275A
Subgenre
sprookje