Beschrijving
The Devil and the Lawyer (previously With his Whole Heart). The devil and a lawyer (judge, bailiff, inspector, etc.) go for a walk. Three (two) times, they meet various persons: e.g. a butcher who wishes the devil will take a pig away, then a farmer who wishes the same for his horse (ox), then a woman who wishes her child be sent to hell.
Each time, the lawyer urges the devil to seize the opportunity, but he refuses because the wish was not in earnest. Finally they meet a poor widow (farmer, farmhand) who curses the lawyer for fraud with such intensity that the devil carries him off to hell [M215].
Each time, the lawyer urges the devil to seize the opportunity, but he refuses because the wish was not in earnest. Finally they meet a poor widow (farmer, farmhand) who curses the lawyer for fraud with such intensity that the devil carries him off to hell [M215].
Motief
M215
Commentaar
The earliest examples are a German verse tale by Stricker (Der Pfaffe Amîs) and a Latin example by Caesarius of Heisterbach, Libri miraculorum VIII (II,17).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1186
Subgenre
sprookje