Beschrijving
Scratching Contest. (Including the previous Type 1095A.) This tale exists chiefly in two different forms:
(1) An ogre (giant, devil) and a man compete in a scratching contest. The man sends his wife to tell the ogre that her husband has gone to have his nails sharpened. She shows her vulva to the ogre pretending that it is a deep wound her husband has scratched into her body. The ogre flees [K83.1].
(2) An ogre (devil) and a man (boy) have a scratching contest. The man covers himself with several oxhides (wears iron gloves) [K83.2]. (Previously Type 1095A).
(1) An ogre (giant, devil) and a man compete in a scratching contest. The man sends his wife to tell the ogre that her husband has gone to have his nails sharpened. She shows her vulva to the ogre pretending that it is a deep wound her husband has scratched into her body. The ogre flees [K83.1].
(2) An ogre (devil) and a man (boy) have a scratching contest. The man covers himself with several oxhides (wears iron gloves) [K83.2]. (Previously Type 1095A).
Motief
K83.1
K83.2
Combinaties
804B, 1030, 1060, 1063, 1084, and 1088.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1095
Subgenre
sprookje