Das Almosen (ca. 1320/30)
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Maere and Novellas
Das Almosen (ca. 1320/30)
von der Hagen, Fr.H.: Neues Gesamtabenteuer: die Sammlung der mittelhochdeutschen Mären und Schwänke des 13. und 14. Jahrhunderts/ ed. by Heinrich Niewöhner 2nd ed., Vol. 1, Nr. 8, Dublin 1967. p. 25sq
Alm-1:
A Peasant is extraordinarily stingy. He shuts all foodstuffs away; even his wife has no access. One day during his absence a beggar asks his wife for a gift. She has nothing to give except her love. She gives her love twice. The wife of the greedy peasant gives her favors to a beggar because she has no alms.
Motif References:
W 152 Stinginess
V 400 Charity
T 481 Adultery
K 1588.1 Woman excites peasant, (beggar, poor man) because she has no alms.
Alm-112:
The stingy husband who has shut off all the foodstuffs overhears the beggar’s thanks and beats his wife asking for an explanation. She confesses that she has given her love to the beggar. The peasant regrets his greed and gives his wife the keys.
Motif References:
Q 276 Stinginess punished.
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