Beschrijving
The Flood. A clergyman (student) who wants to have a private meeting with a woman announces that a flood is coming. Her husband (carpenter, merchant, miller, farmer) tries to escape the flood in a tub tied up under the roof [K1522].
While the adulterous couple are enjoying themselves, another lover comes and wants to take part or at least to have a kiss. The wife (clergyman) puts her (his) backside out the window and invites the lover to kiss it [K1225]. He realizes he was tricked and, as if it were a second kiss, brands the backside of the clergyman with a hot iron [K1577]. When the clergyman cries for water, the husband in the tub thinks the flood is coming. He cuts the rope, falls to the ground, and injures himself (dies).
While the adulterous couple are enjoying themselves, another lover comes and wants to take part or at least to have a kiss. The wife (clergyman) puts her (his) backside out the window and invites the lover to kiss it [K1225]. He realizes he was tricked and, as if it were a second kiss, brands the backside of the clergyman with a hot iron [K1577]. When the clergyman cries for water, the husband in the tub thinks the flood is coming. He cuts the rope, falls to the ground, and injures himself (dies).
Motief
K1522
K1225
K1577
Commentaar
Documented in the Middle Ages, e.g. Chaucer, The Miller’s Tale.
Combinaties
1000, 1004, 1007, 1029, and 1120.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1361
Subgenre
mop