Beschrijving
The Race between Hare and Hedgehog. (Including the previous Type 275A*.) The slower animal outwits the faster. The hedgehog (tortoise, mussel, snail) asks a relative (his wife) to wait at the other end of the race course or several relatives are placed along the course. The hare (fox, jackal) runs from one end to the other until he is completely exhausted [K11.1]. Cf. Type 1074.
Motief
K11.1
Commentaar
Published 1840 in northern Germany. Localized in Buxtehude and widely disseminated through L. Bechstein (Bechstein/Uther 1997 I, No. 60). Sometimes combined with etiological legends.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
275C
Subgenre
sprookje

