Die zwei Beichten B (<1400)
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Maere and Novellas
Die zwei Beichten B (<1400)
Fischer, H.: Die deutsche Märendichtung des 15. Jahrhunderts. (=MTU 12) München 1966. Nr. 29, p. 268–273.
BeicB-1:
A peasant has a beautiful wife. One day she makes the proposition to mutually hear confession. When her husband asks if she had granted her favors to anyone, she confesses her lapse with the village’s shepherd, with the master’s messenger, with the minister, the son of the neighbor, the lawyer, the landholder’s steward, the kitchen master, the old shepherd and the sexton, but she always has the excuse of having done it in her husband’s favor.
Motif References:
V 20 Confession of sins
T 455 Woman sells favors for particular purpose
T 471 Rape
T 481 Adultery
J 1540 Retorts between husband and wife
BeicB-50:
The penitence is very mild. Now it is the husband’s turn. He has touched the maid’s hand and felt excited. His punishment is to cut off his hand, go on a pilgrimage to Rome and being flagged naked. When he agrees humbly she grants grace and he is absolved in the name of the father, the son and the Holy Spirit.
Motif References:
U 11 Small trespasses punished, large crimes condoned
Q 241.1 Desire to commit adultery punished
Q 451 Mutilation as punishment
Q 458.0.6 Flogging as punishment for desire to commit adultery
Q 526 Pilgrimage as penance
V 530 Pilgrimages
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