Beschrijving
Parrot Reports Wife’s Adultery (previously Parrot Unable to Tell Husband Details of Wife’s Infidelity). (Including the previous Type 243.) A parrot (another bird) tells a man that his wife is an adulteress. When the husband has to go on a journey, he orders the parrot to give him a report on his wife’s behavior when he returns.
The wife and her maidservant plan a trick: in the night they pour water through a hole in the roof onto the parrot, throw things at him, blind him with mirrors, and make noise like thunder. When the husband returns, the weather has been fine, but the parrot complains about the thunderstorm. Hearing what he believes to be a falsehood, the angry husband disbelieves everything the parrot says, and kills him [J1154.1].
In some variants the husband goes up on the roof and discovers evidence of the deceit. He forgives his wife, kills her, or falls into despair. Cf. Type 243A.
The wife and her maidservant plan a trick: in the night they pour water through a hole in the roof onto the parrot, throw things at him, blind him with mirrors, and make noise like thunder. When the husband returns, the weather has been fine, but the parrot complains about the thunderstorm. Hearing what he believes to be a falsehood, the angry husband disbelieves everything the parrot says, and kills him [J1154.1].
In some variants the husband goes up on the roof and discovers evidence of the deceit. He forgives his wife, kills her, or falls into despair. Cf. Type 243A.
Motief
J1154.1
Commentaar
Oriental origin (Sindbd-Nme, Tt-Nme).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1422
Subgenre
mop