Beschrijving
The Sailor and the Oar. A sailor (Odysseus, St. Nicholas, St. Elias) is tired of the sea after many adventures. He walks inland with his oar hoping to find a place where no one has ever seen the sea or tasted its salt (salted food) [F111.7].
Eventually he meets a man (woman) who thinks his oar is a winnowing shovel (bread paddle, ladle, piece of wood) and thus proves his ignorance [J1772].
The sailor makes offerings to the gods [V11.9] and constructs altars on the mountain peaks. Or he marries the woman, who on her wedding night proves to be more knowledgable than she had admitted.
Eventually he meets a man (woman) who thinks his oar is a winnowing shovel (bread paddle, ladle, piece of wood) and thus proves his ignorance [J1772].
The sailor makes offerings to the gods [V11.9] and constructs altars on the mountain peaks. Or he marries the woman, who on her wedding night proves to be more knowledgable than she had admitted.
Motief
F111.7
J1772
V11.9
Commentaar
Classical origin: Homer, Odyssey (XI,119–139 and XXIII,266–283).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1379**
Subgenre
mop