Berchta (1393)
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Maere and Novellas
Berchta (1393)
von der Hagen, H.H.: Gesammtabenteuer. Hundert altdeutsche Erzählungen, 3 vols. Stuttgart/Tübingen 1850. Reprint Darmstadt 1961. Vol 3, Nr. 54, p. 33–35.
Berch-1:
On New Year’s Eve a man advises his servants and his child to eat sufficiently to avoid that Berchta will punish them. The child asks who this Berchta is and the father tells her that it is a monster that kicks those who are not eating enough. The child asks if Berchta is per chance looking like a cleric.
Motif References:
J 125.2.1 Child unwittingly betrays his mother’s adultery
F 475.1 Dame Berchta supposed to travel over the country at night with a troop
Berch-36:
When the father agrees the child tells him that Berchta has visited the mother and has kicked her violently. The mother says that it is child’s talk and the husband does not pursue the matter.
Motif References:
K 1550.1 Husband discovers wife’s adultery
Berch-47:
The child unwittingly reveals that the mother is treated roughly by her lover, the cleric. Epimythion: If a woman goes to bed with clerics, she should hide it so that her children can’t observe it.
Motif References:
T 481.1 Adulteress roughly treated by her lover
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