Beschrijving
The Woman who Understands Animal Languages. A newly married woman who knows animal languages hears jackals (other animals) saying that a corpse floating in the river has a valuable ring on its finger [N547]. She pulls the corpse from the river and removes the ring. (In order to remove the ring she has to bite off the finger. Her husband sees her, believes her to be a cannibal ogress [N342.6], and decides to return her to her family.)
En route she overhears animals (birds) talking about where a treasure is hidden. Her husband learns the truth and they are reconciled. (The husband stays to guard the treasure and the wife goes to get her father-in-law. When he sees her returning alone, he concludes she has killed his son and is returning to kill him, and slays her before she has a chance to speak.) Cf. Types 178A–178C.
En route she overhears animals (birds) talking about where a treasure is hidden. Her husband learns the truth and they are reconciled. (The husband stays to guard the treasure and the wife goes to get her father-in-law. When he sees her returning alone, he concludes she has killed his son and is returning to kill him, and slays her before she has a chance to speak.) Cf. Types 178A–178C.
Motief
N547
N342.6
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
670A
Subgenre
sprookje