Beschrijving
The Devil as Substitute for Day Laborer at Mowing. The devil in the shape of a little old man (workman, hunter) assists a weak farmhand, who works as day laborer for a greedy nobleman, with the mowing (treshing).
He does a wonderful job: he mows and threshes as never before and carries the whole harvest plus a bull on his back. When the nobleman realizes that the workman must be the devil, the devil takes him to hell, and the day laborer becomes the owner of the whole harvest and the bull.
He does a wonderful job: he mows and threshes as never before and carries the whole harvest plus a bull on his back. When the nobleman realizes that the workman must be the devil, the devil takes him to hell, and the day laborer becomes the owner of the whole harvest and the bull.
Motief
V29.8
Commentaar
Types 810A, 820, 820A, and 1090 are often combined or the motifs are mixed in one tale.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
820
Subgenre
sprookje