Beschrijving
The Seemingly Dead Revives. A woman becomes ill during an epidemic and falls into a deathlike faint. Her husband orders her buried and puts a precious ring (clothes) into her coffin. One of the grave-diggers returns to the cemetery at night, reopens the grave, and tries to rob the dead.
Thereupon (when he tries to cut her finger) the woman revives, leaves the grave, and returns home to her husband. He receives her kindly and they continue to live together for a long time in good health [K426].
Thereupon (when he tries to cut her finger) the woman revives, leaves the grave, and returns home to her husband. He receives her kindly and they continue to live together for a long time in good health [K426].
Motief
K426
Commentaar
Documented in the late Middle Ages. Early literary versions see Boccaccio, Decamerone (II,5 and X,4).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
990
Subgenre
sprookje