Beschrijving
Living Person Acts as Image of Saint [K1842]. This tale exists chiefly in two different forms:
(1) On a certain saint’s day, the saint’s statue is missing (it was broken during cleaning, sold, stolen). The sexton suggests to the clergyman that a shoemaker (tailor, beggar) who happens to look like the statue should stand in its place. The shoemaker agrees. Before the end of the service, however, he has to move (he sneezes or has to urinate, is bothered by insects, burns his foot on a candle). Often he curses. The statue’s coming to life is said to be a miracle.
(2) A woodcarver who is supposed to carve a saint’s statue does not finish it on time. He finds someone who looks like the statue to take its place. A representative from the church comes and asks the woodcarver to alter the statue with a knife. The person taking its place becomes frightened and runs away. Cf. Types 1347, 1359C, 1572A*, and 1730.
(1) On a certain saint’s day, the saint’s statue is missing (it was broken during cleaning, sold, stolen). The sexton suggests to the clergyman that a shoemaker (tailor, beggar) who happens to look like the statue should stand in its place. The shoemaker agrees. Before the end of the service, however, he has to move (he sneezes or has to urinate, is bothered by insects, burns his foot on a candle). Often he curses. The statue’s coming to life is said to be a miracle.
(2) A woodcarver who is supposed to carve a saint’s statue does not finish it on time. He finds someone who looks like the statue to take its place. A representative from the church comes and asks the woodcarver to alter the statue with a knife. The person taking its place becomes frightened and runs away. Cf. Types 1347, 1359C, 1572A*, and 1730.
Motief
K1842
Combinaties
1572A*, 1572C*, and 1875.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1829
Subgenre
mop