Beschrijving
Breaking the Sabbath. (Including the previous Types 368B* and 1705B*.) This miscellaneous type comprises various religious legends dealing with offences against the commandment to rest on Sunday (another holy day) by people who work in the house or fields, go hunting, or participate in forbidden amusements [C631]. Punishments for these offences are various (cf. Type 751E*). Examples:
Hay harvested on Sunday turns to stone.
Someone who goes picking berries instead of going to church becomes ill (dies, is lost).
Someone who goes hunting instead of to church suffers an accident (dies).
Someone who plays bowls on Sunday is killed by a ball.
A choirboy who plays cards behind the organ is caught by the devil.
People who play cards or dance on Christmas instead of going to church sink into the earth along with the house in which they met [C94.1.1] (cf. Type 779E*).
Hay harvested on Sunday turns to stone.
Someone who goes picking berries instead of going to church becomes ill (dies, is lost).
Someone who goes hunting instead of to church suffers an accident (dies).
Someone who plays bowls on Sunday is killed by a ball.
A choirboy who plays cards behind the organ is caught by the devil.
People who play cards or dance on Christmas instead of going to church sink into the earth along with the house in which they met [C94.1.1] (cf. Type 779E*).
Motief
C631
C94.1.1
Commentaar
The biblical narrative (and other sources) creates an etiological tale for the Sabbath already in Genesis, emulating God’s rest after the six days of creation (Gen. 2,1–3). The day of rest includes all, free men and women as well as slaves and working animals (Ex. 20,8–11; Dtn. 5,12–15).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
779J*
Subgenre
sprookje