Beschrijving
The Trickster with Painted Penis. A soldier (student) lodges with a farmer (innkeeper). He wants to seduce the housewife (and the daughter) but can never find her alone. He paints three colored rings on his penis and lets it hang out of his clothes (at night, or as if by accident). The wife is curious and asks him why his penis is so different from her husband’s. He tells her that, depending on which rings go in, he can beget a soldier, officer, or general (minister, dean, or bishop).
The couple ask him to beget an officer and pay him for his services. While the soldier and the wife are having intercourse, the farmer gives the soldier a push from behind, so that, for the same price, the wife should get a general instead of an officer [K1398]. Cf. Type 1855A.
In some variants the farmer, who is unable to impregnate his wife, initiates the bargain.
The couple ask him to beget an officer and pay him for his services. While the soldier and the wife are having intercourse, the farmer gives the soldier a push from behind, so that, for the same price, the wife should get a general instead of an officer [K1398]. Cf. Type 1855A.
In some variants the farmer, who is unable to impregnate his wife, initiates the bargain.
Motief
K1398
Commentaar
Documented in the 15th century by Poggio, Liber facetiarum (No. 161).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1547*
Subgenre
mop