Beschrijving
Physician in Spite of Himself. A wife who is beaten by her husband takes revenge by claiming that her husband is a famous doctor who can prescribe medicine only after he has been beaten [H916.1.1, J1545.1].
Through his foolish behavior the false doctor cures a sick princess by making her laugh so hard that the sore in her throat opens and heals [N641] (she dislodges a fish-bone from her throat).
Through his foolish behavior the false doctor cures a sick princess by making her laugh so hard that the sore in her throat opens and heals [N641] (she dislodges a fish-bone from her throat).
Motief
H916.1.1
J1545.1
N641
Commentaar
Documented in the Middle Ages, e.g. Jacques de Vitry, Sermones vulgares (Jacques de Vitry/Crane, Nos. 237, 254) and the fabliau Du vilain mire. Popularized through Molière’s comedy Le médecin malgré lui (1666–67).
Combinaties
1641, 1641C.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1641B
Subgenre
mop