Beschrijving
The Local Moon. This tale exists chiefly in two different forms:
(1) A traveling man (woman) is surprised to see that the moon elsewhere is the same as at home (watches a half-moon and is proud of their full moon at home; he thinks he sees his own moon so he must be near his home) [Cf. J2271.1].
(2) A traveler in a strange place (a resident leaving his home, not knowing whether it is day or night) asks a passenger whether the star in the sky is the sun or the moon. The passenger answers, “I don’t know. I’m a stranger in this town.”
(1) A traveling man (woman) is surprised to see that the moon elsewhere is the same as at home (watches a half-moon and is proud of their full moon at home; he thinks he sees his own moon so he must be near his home) [Cf. J2271.1].
(2) A traveler in a strange place (a resident leaving his home, not knowing whether it is day or night) asks a passenger whether the star in the sky is the sun or the moon. The passenger answers, “I don’t know. I’m a stranger in this town.”
Motief
J2271.1
Commentaar
Version (1) is documented in Plutarch, Moralia (601C).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1334
Subgenre
mop