Beschrijving
Coal Turns into Gold. This miscellaneous type consists of various tales (mostly legends) in which coal turns into gold (silver). Cf. Types 476*, 476**. E.g.:
(1) A person finds (the devil gives him) some coal that turns into gold [D475.1.1]. In some variants the person has to throw a rosary (bridle) onto the coal to effect the transformation.
(2) A person breaks apart glowing coals and finds a treasure under them [N532].
(3) The gold (transformed coal) brings unexpected good fortune to a poor person (child, charcoal burner, maidservant, shepherd, orphan).
(4) A maidservant gets glowing coals for her kitchen fire. The next morning, she finds pieces of gold in the ashes [F342.1]. Her master takes the gold away from her.
(5) A man who wants to smoke his pipe has no lighter. He takes a piece of coal from the fire, but his pipe will not light from it even on the third try. When he knocks out his pipe, a piece of gold falls out of it.
(1) A person finds (the devil gives him) some coal that turns into gold [D475.1.1]. In some variants the person has to throw a rosary (bridle) onto the coal to effect the transformation.
(2) A person breaks apart glowing coals and finds a treasure under them [N532].
(3) The gold (transformed coal) brings unexpected good fortune to a poor person (child, charcoal burner, maidservant, shepherd, orphan).
(4) A maidservant gets glowing coals for her kitchen fire. The next morning, she finds pieces of gold in the ashes [F342.1]. Her master takes the gold away from her.
(5) A man who wants to smoke his pipe has no lighter. He takes a piece of coal from the fire, but his pipe will not light from it even on the third try. When he knocks out his pipe, a piece of gold falls out of it.
Motief
D475.1.1
N532
F342.1
Commentaar
Early source (1587), see the Historia von D. Johann Fausten (ch. 58).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
476
Subgenre
sprookje