Beschrijving
The Man Carried through the Air by Geese. A man (farmer, hunter) catches geese (ducks, cranes) by tying bread (bacon, worms) to a string. The geese come, eat the bread, and become tied one after another to the string. (A man catches geese by giving them liquor to drink and then ties them all to a string.)
The hunter tries to take them home, but on the way they suddenly all fly up at once and lift him up in the air. They take him to his house and set him down. He climbs home down through the chimney [X1258.1]. Cf. Types 1408C, 1894.
The hunter tries to take them home, but on the way they suddenly all fly up at once and lift him up in the air. They take him to his house and set him down. He climbs home down through the chimney [X1258.1]. Cf. Types 1408C, 1894.
Motief
X1258.1
Commentaar
Popular Münchhausen tale (Münchhausen/Bürger, ch. 2). Early literary version in Europe, see Philippe le Picard (nos. 34, 36, cf. Nos. 37, 59, and 62).
Combinaties
1408C, 1877*, 1875, 1882, 1889, 1894, 1895, 1900, and 1910.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1881
Subgenre
mop