Beschrijving
Schlaraffenland. (Land of Cockaigne.) [X1503, X1712]. A tale about a world where impossible, utopian things happen and everything is topsy-turvy.
For example, doves pluck a wolf, frogs thresh grain, mice ordain a bishop, etc. Generally there is an abundance of food and drink, such as a river of honey, food growing on trees, edible houses and mountains, and roasted chickens and pastries that fly into people’s mouths, etc. [F771.1.10, X1156.1, X208.2, X1211.1, X1215.12, X1226.1, X1235.4, X1235.5, X1241.2.3, X1242.0.1.1, X1244.1, X1244.2, X1252.1, X1855, X1256.1, X1267.2, X1294.1, X1342.3, X1344.1, X1345.1, X1472.1, X1528.1, X1547.2.1, X1561, X1611, X1653, X1727.1, X1741.4, X1791, X1796.1, X1817.1, X1856, X1856.1, X1856.2, X1857]. Cf. Types 1935, 1965.
For example, doves pluck a wolf, frogs thresh grain, mice ordain a bishop, etc. Generally there is an abundance of food and drink, such as a river of honey, food growing on trees, edible houses and mountains, and roasted chickens and pastries that fly into people’s mouths, etc. [F771.1.10, X1156.1, X208.2, X1211.1, X1215.12, X1226.1, X1235.4, X1235.5, X1241.2.3, X1242.0.1.1, X1244.1, X1244.2, X1252.1, X1855, X1256.1, X1267.2, X1294.1, X1342.3, X1344.1, X1345.1, X1472.1, X1528.1, X1547.2.1, X1561, X1611, X1653, X1727.1, X1741.4, X1791, X1796.1, X1817.1, X1856, X1856.1, X1856.2, X1857]. Cf. Types 1935, 1965.
Motief
X1503
X1712
F771.1.10
X1156.1
X208.2
X1211.1
X1215.12
X1226.1
X1235.4
X1235.5
X1241.2.3
X1242.0.1.1
X1244.1
X1244.2
X1252.1
X1855
X1256.1
X1267.2
X1294.1
X1342.3
X1344.1
X1345.1
X1472.1
X1528.1
X1547.2.1
X1561
X1611
X1653
X1727.1
X1741.4
X1791
X1796.1
X1817.1
X1856
X1856.1
X1856.2
X1857
Commentaar
Early literary version see e.g. Herodotus (III,17–18) and later Boccaccio, Decamerone (VIII, 3), and Philippe le Picard (nos. 12, 49, 85). Popular Münchhausen tale (Münchhausen, ch. 20, Münchhausen/Bürger, ch. 17). Known as a proverbial phrase (“roasted doves fly right into your mouth”).
Combinaties
This type is usually combined with one or more other types, esp. 1882A, 1889E, 1920, 1920A–H, 1935, and 1960.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1930
Subgenre
mop