Beschrijving
The Tresspasser’s Defense. This tale exists chiefly in two different forms:
(1) Two men fight over a piece of land that each claims is his own. The case comes to court. The false owner (one or more witnesses) swears a false oath [K475]: The perjurer takes earth from his own property and puts it in his shoes (a ladle or comb under his hat). He goes to the property (before the judge) and swears that he is standing on his own ground, or calls on the creator (the ladle, German Schöpfer) or the judge (the comb, German dialect Richter) as witness [K2310, M105]. The case is decided in favor of the trickster (he is punished through an ordeal or by human or supernatural forces immediately or after death [Q270, Q272]). The tale concludes with an explanation of local property ownership (a warning against false testimony).
(2) Through laziness (criminal activities, etc.), a man (Eulenspiegel) falls out of the favor of his king (master). As punishment (to get rid of him), he is banished. The man comes back in a cart with foreign soil (foreign dirt in his shoes) and thus cleverly avoids his punishment [J1161.3]. He is reconciled with the king (is banished again; is captured and subjected to a fake execution, and dies of fright).
(1) Two men fight over a piece of land that each claims is his own. The case comes to court. The false owner (one or more witnesses) swears a false oath [K475]: The perjurer takes earth from his own property and puts it in his shoes (a ladle or comb under his hat). He goes to the property (before the judge) and swears that he is standing on his own ground, or calls on the creator (the ladle, German Schöpfer) or the judge (the comb, German dialect Richter) as witness [K2310, M105]. The case is decided in favor of the trickster (he is punished through an ordeal or by human or supernatural forces immediately or after death [Q270, Q272]). The tale concludes with an explanation of local property ownership (a warning against false testimony).
(2) Through laziness (criminal activities, etc.), a man (Eulenspiegel) falls out of the favor of his king (master). As punishment (to get rid of him), he is banished. The man comes back in a cart with foreign soil (foreign dirt in his shoes) and thus cleverly avoids his punishment [J1161.3]. He is reconciled with the king (is banished again; is captured and subjected to a fake execution, and dies of fright).
Motief
K475
K2310
M105
Q270
Q272
J1161.3
Commentaar
The oldest known form of version (1) is found in a short, 12th-century account of the life of St. Egwinus (died 717). Version (2) is documented in the late 14th century (Sacchetti, No. 27) and has since been attached to many well-known tricksters.
Combinaties
922, 1535.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1590
Subgenre
mop