Beschrijving
The Pea King (previously The Bean King). (Including the previous Type 545C*.) A poor boy finds a pea (bean) and imagines how many peas might grow from it. He goes to the king and asks for storehouses and sacks for his coming crops. The king is impressed and believes the boy is. He tests his noble origin by a bed-test (cf. Type 704). The boy is unable to sleep on the hard couch because he is worried about his lost pea.
He marries the king’s daughter. When the king wants to see the property of his son-in-law, the young man meets an ogre (devil, grateful ghost) who offers to give him his castle, but only if he can solve some riddles. The ogre tells all the farmers and shepherds on the way to pretend to be employees of the poor boy. An old man helps him solve the riddles. The ogre and his brothers burst, and the poor man becomes the owner of the castle and its land. Cf. Type 859.
He marries the king’s daughter. When the king wants to see the property of his son-in-law, the young man meets an ogre (devil, grateful ghost) who offers to give him his castle, but only if he can solve some riddles. The ogre tells all the farmers and shepherds on the way to pretend to be employees of the poor boy. An old man helps him solve the riddles. The ogre and his brothers burst, and the poor man becomes the owner of the castle and its land. Cf. Type 859.
Motief
B211.1.8
B422
B435.1
B435.2
B441.1
B580
B581
B582.1.1
K1917.3
K1952.1.1
F771.4.1
K722
D711
Combinaties
545A, 812, and 1430.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
545D*
Subgenre
sprookje