Beschrijving
Contest in Wishing. (Including the previous Type 1925*.) This miscellaneous type includes various tales in which several men (brothers, men of different nationalities, servants, clergymen) compete in making wishes.
Each of them makes an impossible wish (the wishes may be encouraged by their master, a fairy [F341], etc.). For example, the first man wishes for great riches (a church full of needles, plenty of food and drink, etc.), and the second tries to outdo him. The third wishes to be the heir of both the others (to marry the master’s daughter, etc.). Or the last has nothing left to wish for, since the others have wished for everything and left nothing for him [H507.3]. Cf. Type 1173A.
Each of them makes an impossible wish (the wishes may be encouraged by their master, a fairy [F341], etc.). For example, the first man wishes for great riches (a church full of needles, plenty of food and drink, etc.), and the second tries to outdo him. The third wishes to be the heir of both the others (to marry the master’s daughter, etc.). Or the last has nothing left to wish for, since the others have wished for everything and left nothing for him [H507.3]. Cf. Type 1173A.
Motief
F341
H507.3
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1925
Subgenre
mop