Beschrijving
Lamb of God Becomes Sheep of God. A man (boy, farmer, shepherd) comes to confession but does not know any prayers. The clergyman teaches him a short prayer that begins with the words, “Lamb of God.”
Later the clergyman asks the man if he still remembers the prayer. The man begins with the words, “Sheep of God.” The clergyman asks why the man changed the word, and the man answers that the animal must have grown up in the meantime.
In Arabian variants, the man is asked for his astrological sign and he answers, “Goat” (“Ram”). When he is asked to explain, he says that he was born in the sign of the Kid, but surely it must be grown up by now [J2212.6].
Later the clergyman asks the man if he still remembers the prayer. The man begins with the words, “Sheep of God.” The clergyman asks why the man changed the word, and the man answers that the animal must have grown up in the meantime.
In Arabian variants, the man is asked for his astrological sign and he answers, “Goat” (“Ram”). When he is asked to explain, he says that he was born in the sign of the Kid, but surely it must be grown up by now [J2212.6].
Motief
J2212.6
Commentaar
Documented in 1526 in the jestbook A Hundred Mery Tales. The form with the astrological sign appears ca. 1200 in Ibn al-auz, Ah’ al-Hmq.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1832N*
Subgenre
mop