Beschrijving
Chickens from Boiled Eggs. A traveler (soldier, sailor, merchant, student) eats a meal of eggs in an inn and leaves without paying. Some years later when he returns to pay his debt, the innkeeper claims the value of all chickens that would have hatched from the eggs in the meantime. The traveler cannot (is not willing to) pay such an enormous sum, so the innkeeper brings the case to trial. The traveler meets a man (devil, farmer, shepherd, servant, wise man, lawyer, Gypsy, child) who offers to act for him as his lawyer.
On the day of the trial the lawyer comes late and excuses himself by explaining that he was cooking beans (other seed) for planting [J1191.2]. The judge states that cooked beans could not germinate, and the lawyer answers that chickens could not be hatched from boiled eggs. The case is rejected (the devil carries off the judge). Cf. Types 875, 875E, 920A.
On the day of the trial the lawyer comes late and excuses himself by explaining that he was cooking beans (other seed) for planting [J1191.2]. The judge states that cooked beans could not germinate, and the lawyer answers that chickens could not be hatched from boiled eggs. The case is rejected (the devil carries off the judge). Cf. Types 875, 875E, 920A.
Motief
J1191.2
Commentaar
Documented in Jewish texts from the 13th century.
Combinaties
This type is usually combined with episodes of one or more other types, esp. 875, 920A, and also 922.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
821B
Subgenre
sprookje