Beschrijving
The Girl as Goat. (Including the previous Types 413A* and 413B*.) A childless woman wants a child even if it is only an animal. She bears a girl with an animal form (goat, jackdaw, pig, fish, etc.)[T554]. (An old woman finds a magic pumpkin which, at night, turns into a beautiful woman who cleans her house.) A youth (prince) observes the girl when she (while washing clothes, etc.)has removed her animal skin. He proposes to her and marries her [T111]. His mother disapproves of the marriage and torments the girl (who often plays a trick on her).
Three times the girl appears at a festival in her human form, is admired, and dances. Twice she escapes and assumes her goat form. The third time the youth destroys the goat covering and disenchants the girl. Cf. Type 510A.
In some variants, another young man decides to get married in the same way. But he is disappointed: his wife, a little pig, never changes into a girl.
Three times the girl appears at a festival in her human form, is admired, and dances. Twice she escapes and assumes her goat form. The third time the youth destroys the goat covering and disenchants the girl. Cf. Type 510A.
In some variants, another young man decides to get married in the same way. But he is disappointed: his wife, a little pig, never changes into a girl.
Motief
T554
T111
Combinaties
402, 403, and 408.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
409A
Subgenre
sprookje