Beschrijving
The Treasure Behind the Nail (previously The Treasure of the Hanging Man). When he dies, a rich merchant advises his spendthrift son that if ever he spends his entire fortune, he should hang himself from a special nail (beam, hook) [J21.15].
After his father dies, the son wastes his inheritance with his friends until he has nothing left. When he tries to hang himself in despair, the nail tears out of the wall and a treasure, which his father had hidden there, falls down [N545.1]. From then on the young man leads a virtuous life (pays his debts). Cf. Type 740**.
After his father dies, the son wastes his inheritance with his friends until he has nothing left. When he tries to hang himself in despair, the nail tears out of the wall and a treasure, which his father had hidden there, falls down [N545.1]. From then on the young man leads a virtuous life (pays his debts). Cf. Type 740**.
Motief
J21.15
N545.1
Commentaar
see Plautus, Trinummus (200 B.C.E.). Other literary versions i.a. in the fables of Aesop (Perry 1965, 497 No. 405) and Basile, Pentamerone (IV,2). Further literary treatment, see the English ballad The Heir of Linne.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
910D
Subgenre
sprookje