Beschrijving
The Petitioner Fooled (previously Wife to Spin). (Including the previous Types 1380*, 1380**, 1388, 1575**, 1761*.) This miscellaneous type comprises various tales dealing with a person (wife, young woman, maidservant, etc.) who asks a tree spirit (holy image) to grant some favor and to give a sign that this wish has been fulfilled.
A trickster hiding behind (in) the tree or picture (the person affected by the wish, husband, employer, suitor, etc.) answers in a disguised voice, giving some unexpected information or saying something that furthers his own interest. The petitioner takes this reply as a divine command [K1971.3.1, K1971.4, K1971.5]. Cf. Types 1476, 1476A.
A trickster hiding behind (in) the tree or picture (the person affected by the wish, husband, employer, suitor, etc.) answers in a disguised voice, giving some unexpected information or saying something that furthers his own interest. The petitioner takes this reply as a divine command [K1971.3.1, K1971.4, K1971.5]. Cf. Types 1476, 1476A.
Motief
K1971.3.1
K1971.4
K1971.5
Commentaar
Early Indian version, see Pañcatantra (III,16).
Combinaties
1380, 1383.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1380A*
Subgenre
mop