Beschrijving
How the Drunken Man Was Cured. (Including the previous Type 835*.) A wife cures her husband of his alcoholism by a ruse. When the husband is drunk, she organizes a funeral procession, lays him in a coffin and puts a shroud (fool’s costume) on him [J2311]. When the drunk husband awakes he thinks he is dead. Later, believing that he has been revived by his wife, the man swears he will never drink any more.
Or, a drunken man lies under the bed and thinks he is lying in his shroud. This cures him of his alcoholism [X811].) Cf. Types 1313A*, 1531.
In some versions the drinker is uncurable. When his wife, disguised as a ghost, brings him food, he tells her, “If you had known me better you would have brought me drink.” The wife capitulates [J1323].
Or, a drunken man lies under the bed and thinks he is lying in his shroud. This cures him of his alcoholism [X811].) Cf. Types 1313A*, 1531.
In some versions the drinker is uncurable. When his wife, disguised as a ghost, brings him food, he tells her, “If you had known me better you would have brought me drink.” The wife capitulates [J1323].
Motief
J2311
X811
J1323
Commentaar
Aesopic fable of Babrios (Babrius/Perry 1965, No. 246); popularized by La Fontaine, Fables (III,7).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1706D
Subgenre
mop