Beschrijving
The Predestined Treasure. A miser finds money (treasure), but a voice tells him that it is predestined for someone else. The miser hides it in a hollow tree and throws it into the sea (loses it in a flood). A fisherman finds the treasure and gives it to a smith (a smith finds it when working).
The former owner pays a visit to the finder and tells his story. The finder gives him three pastries (caskets), one filled with earth, one with bones and one with the treasure. The miser choses the wrong one. Thereupon the new owner tries to repay the miser and gives him a cake with the money inside. The miser pays for other goods with it and finally, after other events, the money reaches the predestined owner again [N212]. Cf. Types 736, 736A, 745, 841, 947, 947A, 961, and 961B.
The former owner pays a visit to the finder and tells his story. The finder gives him three pastries (caskets), one filled with earth, one with bones and one with the treasure. The miser choses the wrong one. Thereupon the new owner tries to repay the miser and gives him a cake with the money inside. The miser pays for other goods with it and finally, after other events, the money reaches the predestined owner again [N212]. Cf. Types 736, 736A, 745, 841, 947, 947A, 961, and 961B.
Motief
N212
Commentaar
Documented in the Middle Ages, e.g. Gesta Romanorum (No. 109).
Combinaties
753*, 947A.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
745A
Subgenre
sprookje