Beschrijving
Death’s Messengers. Death promises to warn a certain man before he comes to him, so the man lives happily. When death finally comes to take him, the man accuses him not having kept his promise. Death replies that he warned him with the illnesses and infirmities of old age, and takes the man away [J1051].
Motief
J1051
Commentaar
Documented by John Bromyard, Summa predicantium (M XI,5, XI,6); the subject appears also in ancient sources.
Combinaties
332.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
335
Subgenre
sprookje