Beschrijving
The Innocent Man Condemned to Death (previously The Innocent Man Chosen to Fit the Stake [Noose]). A holy man and his disciple come to a city where the king and all his ministers are fools, and where all kinds of food are sold for the same price [J342.1.1, X1503.3]. The holy man leaves at once and warns his disciple to do so too, but the disciple stays despite the warning [N347.7].
A thief tries to break into a house at night but is killed when the wall collapses (he puts his eye out on a projecting stick). The householder is called before the king and sentenced to death (to have his eye put out). The householder, however, blames the mason who built the wall who, in turn, blames the man who supplied the mortar, etc. , until finally one man is found who is too stupid to find someone else to blame. He is condemned to death [J2233].
The owner explains that he needs both his eyes for his work, but his neighbor, who is a hunter, needs only one. The hunter says he really needs both eyes, but his neighbor, who is a musician, always closes his eyes when he plays, etc. The king decrees that one of his eyes be put out. Cf. Type 978.
The condemned man is too thin to fit the stake (noose). The disciple is chosen to be executed in his place [N178.2]. The holy man returns and announces that he has discovered that the next man to be executed will go directly to heaven [K841.1, J1189.3]. The king leaps upon the stake himself [K842.4, K843]. Cf. Type 980*.
A thief tries to break into a house at night but is killed when the wall collapses (he puts his eye out on a projecting stick). The householder is called before the king and sentenced to death (to have his eye put out). The householder, however, blames the mason who built the wall who, in turn, blames the man who supplied the mortar, etc. , until finally one man is found who is too stupid to find someone else to blame. He is condemned to death [J2233].
The owner explains that he needs both his eyes for his work, but his neighbor, who is a hunter, needs only one. The hunter says he really needs both eyes, but his neighbor, who is a musician, always closes his eyes when he plays, etc. The king decrees that one of his eyes be put out. Cf. Type 978.
The condemned man is too thin to fit the stake (noose). The disciple is chosen to be executed in his place [N178.2]. The holy man returns and announces that he has discovered that the next man to be executed will go directly to heaven [K841.1, J1189.3]. The king leaps upon the stake himself [K842.4, K843]. Cf. Type 980*.
Motief
J342.1.1
X1503.3
N347.7
J2233
N178.2
K841.1
J1189.3
K842.4
K843
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1534A
Subgenre
mop