Beschrijving
Counting out Pay. Using a trick, a man is released from an agreement with the devil (seldom with another demonic being). The devil has to give the man a hat (boot, bag or other container) full of gold. The man digs a pit and plans his hat with a hole in it (fixes a bottomless container on the roof of a house) so that the devil has to give him an enormous amount of gold (cannot fill the container). The devil disappears [K275]. Cf. Type 773**.
Motief
K275
Commentaar
Documented in the 16th century.
Combinaties
1000, 1045, 1063, 1071, 1072, 1084, and 1152.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1130
Subgenre
sprookje