Beschrijving
The Clever Farmgirl [J1111.4]. This type combines various introductory episodes with a common main part.
Introductions:
(1) A king looks for a wife and/or meets a clever girl by chance.
(2) The father of the girl finds a golden mortar in a field and, against the advice of his clever daughter, takes it to the king who demands the pestle as well [H561.1.2].
(3) A quarrel between a farmer and a nobleman in court is settled by giving both riddles to be solved [H630–H659]. The daughter of the farmer gives the right answers [H561.1, H583.7, H583.9, H641.1, H631.3, H632, H633, H636, H583.8].
(4) A king finds a girl in a house. When he asks her about her relatives she answers with wit and cleverness.
Main part:
The clever girl has to perform various tasks set by the king [H373, H712, H1050–H1055, H1057, H1058, H1061–H1065, H1010, H1022.1, H1024.1, H1024.1.1, H1021.6.1, H1021.1, H1023.9, H1023.7, H1023.1, H951, J1191.2, H1152.1, H1185, H601]: she must come to the king neither naked nor clad, neither by horse nor on foot. She should estimate the value of the king’s beard or weave a cloth with only a few threads. Or she has to make boiled eggs hatch [J1191.2, H1023.1.1] (cf. Type 821B) or carve a fowl and give appropriate pieces to all members of the family (cf. Type 1533).
The king marries the girl [L162] but orders her not to meddle in his affairs. When he settles a dispute between two farmers unjustly, she advises the wronged man to show the king the absurdity of his decision by an equally foolish act [J1191.1].
When the king casts her out and allows her only to take with her the one thing she holds dearest [J1545.4], she takes her sleeping husband with her and thus moves him to forgive her.
Introductions:
(1) A king looks for a wife and/or meets a clever girl by chance.
(2) The father of the girl finds a golden mortar in a field and, against the advice of his clever daughter, takes it to the king who demands the pestle as well [H561.1.2].
(3) A quarrel between a farmer and a nobleman in court is settled by giving both riddles to be solved [H630–H659]. The daughter of the farmer gives the right answers [H561.1, H583.7, H583.9, H641.1, H631.3, H632, H633, H636, H583.8].
(4) A king finds a girl in a house. When he asks her about her relatives she answers with wit and cleverness.
Main part:
The clever girl has to perform various tasks set by the king [H373, H712, H1050–H1055, H1057, H1058, H1061–H1065, H1010, H1022.1, H1024.1, H1024.1.1, H1021.6.1, H1021.1, H1023.9, H1023.7, H1023.1, H951, J1191.2, H1152.1, H1185, H601]: she must come to the king neither naked nor clad, neither by horse nor on foot. She should estimate the value of the king’s beard or weave a cloth with only a few threads. Or she has to make boiled eggs hatch [J1191.2, H1023.1.1] (cf. Type 821B) or carve a fowl and give appropriate pieces to all members of the family (cf. Type 1533).
The king marries the girl [L162] but orders her not to meddle in his affairs. When he settles a dispute between two farmers unjustly, she advises the wronged man to show the king the absurdity of his decision by an equally foolish act [J1191.1].
When the king casts her out and allows her only to take with her the one thing she holds dearest [J1545.4], she takes her sleeping husband with her and thus moves him to forgive her.
Motief
J1111.4
H561.1.2
H630
H659
H561.1
H583.7
H583.9
H641.1
H631.3
H632
H633
H636
H583.8
H373
H712
H1050
H1055
H1057
H1058
H1061
H1065
H1010
H1022.1
H1024.1
H1024.1.1
H1021.6.1
H1021.1
H1023.9
H1023.7
H1023.1
H951
J1191.2
H1152.1
H1185
H601
J1191.2
H1023.1.1
L162
J1191.1
J1545.4
Commentaar
The motifs of hatching boiled eggs and of sowing boiled seed probably come from Type 821B.
Combinaties
This type is usually combined with episodes of one or more other types, esp. 875A, 921, 922, and also 821B, 875B, 875D, 875E, 876, 879, 920, 920A, 958, and 1533.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
875
Subgenre
sprookje