Beschrijving
The Clever Boy. (Including the previous Type 1542A.) The king challenges the trickster Peik (Eulenspiegel, Ab Nuws, Aldar Iwan, Nasreddin Hodja, Toba, etc.) to play a trick on him.
Peik borrows the king’s horse to go home and get his fooling sticks (book of lies, trickster’s secrets). Instead of coming back, he sells the horse [K341.8.1]. (Previously Type 1542A.) Cf. Type 1525B.
When next he meets the king, Peik sells the king a cooking pot that is supposed to cook without fire [K112.1]. Later, Peik pretends to stab his sister, who has hidden a blood-filled bladder under her clothes. He “revives” her with a supposedly-magic flute, which he sells to the king [K113]. Cf. Type 1539.
The king kills one of his daughters but cannot revive her with the flute [J2401]. Peik wears his sister’s clothes and is engaged as a lady-in-waiting in the king’s court. A prince wants to marry him, but Peik flees on the wedding night. (He is found to be responsible for the pregnancy of the princess [K1321.1]). Cf. Type 1538*.
Peik is sentenced to death and is to be drowned in a sack (cask). He tricks someone else into taking his place [K842]. The king forgives Peik and makes him his son-in-law [L161]. Cf. Types 1535, 1539.
Peik borrows the king’s horse to go home and get his fooling sticks (book of lies, trickster’s secrets). Instead of coming back, he sells the horse [K341.8.1]. (Previously Type 1542A.) Cf. Type 1525B.
When next he meets the king, Peik sells the king a cooking pot that is supposed to cook without fire [K112.1]. Later, Peik pretends to stab his sister, who has hidden a blood-filled bladder under her clothes. He “revives” her with a supposedly-magic flute, which he sells to the king [K113]. Cf. Type 1539.
The king kills one of his daughters but cannot revive her with the flute [J2401]. Peik wears his sister’s clothes and is engaged as a lady-in-waiting in the king’s court. A prince wants to marry him, but Peik flees on the wedding night. (He is found to be responsible for the pregnancy of the princess [K1321.1]). Cf. Type 1538*.
Peik is sentenced to death and is to be drowned in a sack (cask). He tricks someone else into taking his place [K842]. The king forgives Peik and makes him his son-in-law [L161]. Cf. Types 1535, 1539.
Motief
K341.8.1
K112.1
K113
J2401
K1321.1
K842
L161
Commentaar
This episodic humerous tale is composed of various popular, interchangeable scenes, and therefore the tale does not have well-defined limits. The tale is often associated with a popular, named trickster. The episode of the stolen horse also exists independently.
Combinaties
1530, 1535, and 1539.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1542
Subgenre
mop