Beschrijving
A Young Woman Disguised as a Man is Wooed by the Queen (previously The Court Physician). (Including the previous Types 881* and 884A.) A young woman in man’s clothing [K1837] works as a doctor [K1825.1.2] (messenger) for a king. The king’s wife falls in love with the doctor but is repulsed (accuses him of attempting to seduce or rape her [K2111]). Angry, she sets an impossible task, which the doctor must perform on pain of death. Often it is to enable a dumb person to speak. The dumb person reveals the intention of the queen, who is executed. The king marries the young woman who had posed as a doctor. Cf. Types 880, 881, 881A, and 884.
Motief
K1837
K1825.1.2
K2111
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
514**
Subgenre
sprookje