Beschrijving
The Fatal Bed. A citizen asks a sailor why he repeatedly goes to sea even though his father and grandfather drowned there. The sailor asks how the citizen’s ancestors died. The townsman answers, “In bed”, whereupon the sailor asks if the citizen isn’t afraid of going to bed? [J1474].
Motief
J1474
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
921D
Subgenre
sprookje