Beschrijving
Lucky Hans. Hans works for seven years and receives a lump of gold as big as a man’s head as his pay and goes home. Because he finds it too heavy to carry, he trades the gold for a horse, which throws him because he does not know how to ride. He trades the horse for a cow, the cow for a hog, the hog for a goose, the goose for a whetstone, which through his awkwardness falls into a well [J2081.1]. Unencumbered but happy, he arrives home. Cf. Type 2034C.
Motief
J2081.1
Commentaar
Documented in the Middle Ages, e.g. Marie de France, Esope (No. 28), Jacques de Vitry, Sermones vulgares (Jacques de Vitry/Crane, No. 13).
Combinaties
1335, 1387, 1539, and 1653.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1415
Subgenre
mop

