Beschrijving
Lucky Poverty (previously The Happy Friar). A poor man (cobbler, weaver, smith, porter, falconer) is happy despite of his meagre living conditions. A rich man, seeing this apparent contradiction, gives him money. The poor man worries about his new wealth and loses his former happiness. Finally he returns the money so as to be happy again [J1085.1]. Cf. Type 844.
Motief
J1085.1
Commentaar
Based on the notion of the poor but happy man (Horace, Epistolae [I,7,46–98]), this type has been well documented since the Middle Ages, e.g. Jacques de Vitry, Sermones vulgares (Jacques de Vitry/Crane, No. 66).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
754
Subgenre
sprookje