Beschrijving
The Robber Bridegroom [K1916]. A robber (murderer, ogre) disguised as a rich man woos the daughter of a miller (princess) who agrees to marry him. The bridegroom asks his bride to pay him a visit in his castle in the forest.
She sets out before the arranged time, marking the path with peas [R135] or ashes (the bridegroom has marked the way). When she reaches a house, animals (bird) warn her that it is a house of murderers and that she should go back (she gives food to watch dogs in order not to be betrayed). She finds corpses in the house. When she hears the robbers coming, she hides. Her bridegroom (the robbers) brings in a young woman, kills her, and cuts her into pieces. Her finger with a golden ring on it falls into her hiding place.
The bride runs away at night and finds her way home safely (with the help of the marks on the path) where she reports to her family what she has seen. When the bridegroom comes to marry her, she recounts her adventure to her guests as a dream. As proof she shows the severed ring (finger) [H57.2.1]. The robbers are arrested and condemned or killed. (The house of the robbers is destroyed, their treasure is distributed, and the girl marries another man.) Cf. Type 311.
She sets out before the arranged time, marking the path with peas [R135] or ashes (the bridegroom has marked the way). When she reaches a house, animals (bird) warn her that it is a house of murderers and that she should go back (she gives food to watch dogs in order not to be betrayed). She finds corpses in the house. When she hears the robbers coming, she hides. Her bridegroom (the robbers) brings in a young woman, kills her, and cuts her into pieces. Her finger with a golden ring on it falls into her hiding place.
The bride runs away at night and finds her way home safely (with the help of the marks on the path) where she reports to her family what she has seen. When the bridegroom comes to marry her, she recounts her adventure to her guests as a dream. As proof she shows the severed ring (finger) [H57.2.1]. The robbers are arrested and condemned or killed. (The house of the robbers is destroyed, their treasure is distributed, and the girl marries another man.) Cf. Type 311.
Motief
K1916
R135
H57.2.1
Combinaties
This type is usually combined with episodes of one or more other types, esp. 956B, and also 311, 312, and 954.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
955
Subgenre
sprookje