Beschrijving
The Three Wishes (previously The Wishes). (The Poor and the Rich.) Christ and St. Peter (God, other supernatural being) visit the mortals [K1811]. A poor farmer who receives them hospitably is granted three good wishes; a rich man, who refused hospitality, receives three evil wishes [D1761.0.2, Q1.1]. Cf. Types 330, 471.
The generous poor person uses his three wishes wisely; the selfish rich man makes two foolish wishes [J2071, J2073] (his horse’s neck broken, his wife stuck to the saddle) and must use the third to undo them. (The same with one wish: to keep doing all day what you begin [J2072.3]; one gets good linen all day, while the other throws water on a pig [D2172.2].)
Or, a husband given three wishes transfers one to his wife who wastes it on a trifle. In his anger he wishes the desired article in her body and must use the third wish to get it out [J2075].
The generous poor person uses his three wishes wisely; the selfish rich man makes two foolish wishes [J2071, J2073] (his horse’s neck broken, his wife stuck to the saddle) and must use the third to undo them. (The same with one wish: to keep doing all day what you begin [J2072.3]; one gets good linen all day, while the other throws water on a pig [D2172.2].)
Or, a husband given three wishes transfers one to his wife who wastes it on a trifle. In his anger he wishes the desired article in her body and must use the third wish to get it out [J2075].
Motief
K1811
D1761.0.2
Q1.1
J2071
J2073
J2072.3
D2172.2
J2075
Commentaar
See Ovid, Metamorphoses (VIII,616–726: Philemon and Baucis) for the introduction.
Combinaties
330A.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
750A
Subgenre
sprookje