Peasant refuses to sell possessions to king. (Miller of Sanssouci.) — Mythoi

Motif

Peasant refuses to sell possessions to king. (Miller of Sanssouci.)

Society. · Trades and professions. · Laborers. · view the constellation · filed as P411.1

Filed across the traditions

Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 309 No. 13.

Within the index

Filed under Peasant.

1 finer motif beneath it

Peasant and his wife in hut near castle as contrasts to king and queen

Filed beside it

Peasant is cutting wood in front of his house as guests arrive Wounded hero finds shelter and is cured in peasant's house Hero stays overnight in peasant's house, to which he accidentally comes, and where he gets advice and direction. (Cf. H1232.4.)

Carried in tale types

The Miller of Sans Souci · ATU 759E 1 recorded variant

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