Beschrijving
The Corpse-Eater (previously The Vampire). A young woman wants to marry a man with an unusual feature (green beard, golden nose, etc.). A demonic bridegroom with these characteristics appears, and she follows him to his far-away castle. On the way she watches him eating corpses in three churches (graveyards) [G20]. Cf. Type 894.
The bridegroom asks her whether she has seen anything. She says no, even when he appears in the form of her father and brother [D40, D610]. Finally, in the form of her mother, he asks her and she confesses. She is devoured (is able to flee at the last moment). Cf. Type 334.
The bridegroom asks her whether she has seen anything. She says no, even when he appears in the form of her father and brother [D40, D610]. Finally, in the form of her mother, he asks her and she confesses. She is devoured (is able to flee at the last moment). Cf. Type 334.
Motief
G20
D40
D610
Combinaties
365, 407, and 955.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
363
Subgenre
sprookje