Beschrijving
The Three Languages. A young man learns the languages of dogs [B215.2], birds [B215.1], and frogs [B215.4]. His father, angry at such useless knowledge, drives him out and orders him to be killed. A compassionate servant lets him escape and substitutes an animal’s heart as proof for the murder [K512.2].
By means of his knowledge of the dogs’ language the boy discovers a treasure (he cures a sick princess and marries her later). Through his knowledge of the frogs’ language he learns that he will be elected pope [H171.2]. When he arrives in Rome, two doves come to sit on his shoulders and he is recognized as a man worthy of being pope (birds indicate his election as pope [H171.2]). The two doves tell him what to do so that he will be elected pope, and give him advice on how to act. Cf. Types 517, 725.
By means of his knowledge of the dogs’ language the boy discovers a treasure (he cures a sick princess and marries her later). Through his knowledge of the frogs’ language he learns that he will be elected pope [H171.2]. When he arrives in Rome, two doves come to sit on his shoulders and he is recognized as a man worthy of being pope (birds indicate his election as pope [H171.2]). The two doves tell him what to do so that he will be elected pope, and give him advice on how to act. Cf. Types 517, 725.
Motief
B215.2
B215.1
B215.4
K512.2
H171.2
H171.2
Commentaar
Often combined with the Types 517 and/or 725. BP call the Types 517, 671, and 725 “three forms” of one tale. Delarue/Tenèze call the three types a “cycle de la prédiction réalisée”. Oriental origin (Seven Wise Men). Documented in Europe, see Johannes Gobi Junior, Scala coeli (No. 520).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
671
Subgenre
sprookje