Beschrijving
The Devil Mows with a Magic Sickle. A poor old innkeeper works as a farmhand for a rich landlord. The malicious foreman abuses the workmen but esp. the innkeeper who cannot mow as fast as the others.
The devil comes to the innkeeper and offers to mow for him in his shape at the landlord’s farm. He would bring his own sickle. As the devil mows with his sickle, he follows the foreman. He mows faster than all other workmen and the foreman tries desperately to keep up with him. He exhausts himself and dies of overexertion (the devil takes his soul, wrings his neck). The devil gives his sickle to the old innkeeper, who becomes the best mower from then on [M213].
The devil comes to the innkeeper and offers to mow for him in his shape at the landlord’s farm. He would bring his own sickle. As the devil mows with his sickle, he follows the foreman. He mows faster than all other workmen and the foreman tries desperately to keep up with him. He exhausts himself and dies of overexertion (the devil takes his soul, wrings his neck). The devil gives his sickle to the old innkeeper, who becomes the best mower from then on [M213].
Motief
M213
Commentaar
Types 810A, 820, 820A, and 1090 are often combined or the motifs are mixed in one tale.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
820A
Subgenre
sprookje