Beschrijving
Endless Tales. (Including the previous Types 2280 and 2301B.) Miscellaneous type. The narrator reports on something that takes a long time and says that he will continue the tale when it is completed.
The following is the most common version: a shepherd has to take many sheep over a bridge, which is so narrow that they have to pass over one at a time. The listeners have to wait while each sheep crosses the bridge to the other side [Z11]. Cf. Type 2302.
The following is the most common version: a shepherd has to take many sheep over a bridge, which is so narrow that they have to pass over one at a time. The listeners have to wait while each sheep crosses the bridge to the other side [Z11]. Cf. Type 2302.
Motief
Z11
Commentaar
Documented e.g. by Petrus Alfonsus, Disciplina clericalis (No. 12) and Hans Sachs, Der künig mit seim dichter (1547).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
2300
Subgenre
mop