Beschrijving
The Suitors Restore the Maiden to Life. A woman loved by three (four) suitors dies [T92.0.1]. The first keeps watch at her funeral pyre, the second takes her ashes to the river (Ganges), the third (a wandering beggar) learns a magic formula that restores her to life [T92.14]. A dispute follows as to who is to marry her [H621.2, Z16].
Usually the problem is solved in a philosophic explanation: The one who brought the woman back to life is like her father; the one who carried her ashes to the river is like her son; the one who watched the funeral pyre is like her husband and therefore may marry her.
Usually the problem is solved in a philosophic explanation: The one who brought the woman back to life is like her father; the one who carried her ashes to the river is like her son; the one who watched the funeral pyre is like her husband and therefore may marry her.
Motief
T92.0.1
T92.14
H621.2
Z16
Commentaar
Indian origin, see Vetlapañcavi·matik (No. 2).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
653B
Subgenre
sprookje