Beschrijving
The Man and the Wounded Snake (previously The Dead Child and the Snake’s Tail). (Including the previous Type 285D.) A snake is fed milk and brings luck (money [B103.0.4.1]) to a man (household). Someone kills (injures) the snake (its young) by mistake (from greed) and thereafter the snake brings bad luck [B335.1]. Cf. Types 156B*.
Often the man tries to conciliate the snake (bird). It refuses because the pain it suffered cannot be forgiven [J15, W185.6]. Cf. Type 159B.
Often the man tries to conciliate the snake (bird). It refuses because the pain it suffered cannot be forgiven [J15, W185.6]. Cf. Type 159B.
Motief
B103.0.4.1
B335.1
J15
W185.6
Commentaar
Aesopic fable (Perry 1965, 429f. No. 51). Second part documented in the Indian Pañcatantra (III,5).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
285A
Subgenre
sprookje