Bestraftes Misstrauen (<1400)
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Maere and Novellas
Bestraftes Misstrauen (<1400)
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. 28, Dublin 1967. p. 113–118
Bestr-1:
Promythion: The most curious situations happen every day. One of these is told here. In Austria there lives a knight with his virtuous and beautiful wife.
Motif References:
T 210.1 Faithful wife
Bestr-331:
To test her faithfulness, he instructs his page Henselin to woo her. The lady rejects him constantly and complains in vain to her husband.
Motif References:
H 467.2 Wife’s faithfulness tested by a proposal in another’s name
Bestr-379:
Finally, she gives up and invites the page to a rendezvous, where she arranges to have her maid beat him up. The knight changes clothes with the page and gets beaten, until he reveals his identity and begs for mercy. The lady rebukes him for his distrust and has his wounds dressed, but they take one year to heal.
Motif References:
K 1514.4 Returning husband beaten by servants, mistaken for the lover whom he has told them to beat
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