Beschrijving
Cleverness and Gullibility. Three students (butchers, rascals) convince a farmer (fool, trickster) that his cow (donkey, mule, ox) is a goat (hen, donkey), so he sells the animal cheaply [K132]. (In variants from southern and eastern Europe, the farmer is persuaded to cut off the animal’s horns, ears, and tail in order to get a better price.)
The farmer pays in advance at three inns and invites the students to eat with him. Instead of paying, he turns his hat around three times (hits it on the table, throws it on the floor, rings a bell), and the innkeeper says that the bill has been settled. The students buy the hat for a high price. When they try to use it, they discover the trick [K111.2]. (Variants from central Europe end here.)
When the students come back for revenge, the farmer pretends to be dead. His wife (occasionally the students) revives him with a stick [K113.4]. (Or, the farmer ties a skin filled with blood under his wife’s clothes and pretends to kill her.) He revives her with a “magic wand” (flute, violin, knife), which he sells to the students.
The students kill their wives (mothers) but cannot revive them. They put the farmer into a sack (cask) to be drowned, but he trades places with a herdsman who comes by. By pretending to have found the herd of cattle on the bottom of the sea, the farmer induces his greedy adversaries to jump into the water. Cf. Type 1535.
In variants from southern and eastern Europe, after the introduction in which the animal is mutilated, the farmer puts coins in the anus of his donkey (horse, cow) or mixes them with its dung. He sells the animal as a gold-producer [K111.1] (and says that the animal must remain in its stall for two weeks or forty days. The animal dies.).
In some versions, the farmer sells his adversaries supposedly-wonderful objects, e.g. a messenger rabbit [K131.1], a pot that cooks by itself [K112.1], a pick that locates gold, a rifle that always hits its mark, or a self-propelled sled. Or the farmer promises to teach them to speak Latin and cuts their tongues off [K1068.2].
Some variants end with the farmer buried alive. When his adversaries come to rob the grave, he brands them [K911.1] or cuts off their genitals (noses).
The farmer pays in advance at three inns and invites the students to eat with him. Instead of paying, he turns his hat around three times (hits it on the table, throws it on the floor, rings a bell), and the innkeeper says that the bill has been settled. The students buy the hat for a high price. When they try to use it, they discover the trick [K111.2]. (Variants from central Europe end here.)
When the students come back for revenge, the farmer pretends to be dead. His wife (occasionally the students) revives him with a stick [K113.4]. (Or, the farmer ties a skin filled with blood under his wife’s clothes and pretends to kill her.) He revives her with a “magic wand” (flute, violin, knife), which he sells to the students.
The students kill their wives (mothers) but cannot revive them. They put the farmer into a sack (cask) to be drowned, but he trades places with a herdsman who comes by. By pretending to have found the herd of cattle on the bottom of the sea, the farmer induces his greedy adversaries to jump into the water. Cf. Type 1535.
In variants from southern and eastern Europe, after the introduction in which the animal is mutilated, the farmer puts coins in the anus of his donkey (horse, cow) or mixes them with its dung. He sells the animal as a gold-producer [K111.1] (and says that the animal must remain in its stall for two weeks or forty days. The animal dies.).
In some versions, the farmer sells his adversaries supposedly-wonderful objects, e.g. a messenger rabbit [K131.1], a pot that cooks by itself [K112.1], a pick that locates gold, a rifle that always hits its mark, or a self-propelled sled. Or the farmer promises to teach them to speak Latin and cuts their tongues off [K1068.2].
Some variants end with the farmer buried alive. When his adversaries come to rob the grave, he brands them [K911.1] or cuts off their genitals (noses).
Motief
K132
K111.2
K113.4
K111.1
K131.1
K112.1
K1068.2
K911.1
Commentaar
This episodic humerous tale is composed of various popular, interchangeable scenes (which often belong to Type 1535), and therefore the type does not have well-defined limits.
Combinaties
This type is usually combined with one or more other types, esp. 1535, 1551, and also 1000, 1004, 1240, 1382, 1525A, 1525D, 1528, 1542, 1685, and 1696.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1539
Subgenre
mop