Beschrijving
Prayer Without End (previously The Lord’s Prayer). (Including the previous Types 1193* and 1199B.) This tale exists chiefly in two different forms:
(1) Death (angel of death, devil) goes to take a man who begs for a delay long enough to offer a last prayer. The man does not finish the prayer, so death cannot take him. After a while, death causes the man to finish his prayer (having grown very old, the man decides to finish the prayer and die) [K551.1]. Cf. Types 122A, 227, 332, 955, 1187, 1187*.
(2) Death (devil) cannot take a man (woman) as long as he (she) sings a hymn (previously Type 1193*) or a song that never ends (previously Type 1199B) [K555.2, K555.2.2]. Cf. Type 1082A.
(1) Death (angel of death, devil) goes to take a man who begs for a delay long enough to offer a last prayer. The man does not finish the prayer, so death cannot take him. After a while, death causes the man to finish his prayer (having grown very old, the man decides to finish the prayer and die) [K551.1]. Cf. Types 122A, 227, 332, 955, 1187, 1187*.
(2) Death (devil) cannot take a man (woman) as long as he (she) sings a hymn (previously Type 1193*) or a song that never ends (previously Type 1199B) [K555.2, K555.2.2]. Cf. Type 1082A.
Motief
K551.1
K555.2
K555.2.2
Combinaties
332, 1030.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1199
Subgenre
sprookje