Beschrijving
Meditation on the Trinity. A man (philosopher, St. Augustine), meditating on the mystery of the Trinity, sees a child trying to empty the sea into a little hole at the shore. The child states that he could better bail out the sea with a thimble [H1113.1] than the man would be able to understand the secret of the Trinity. The child disappears.
Motief
H1113.1
Commentaar
Documented in the 13th century by Jacobus de Voragine, Sermones dominicales (3rd sermon). Other early European version, see Magnum Speculum Exemplorum (Alsheimer 1971, 117).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
682
Subgenre
sprookje