Der blinde Hausfreund (ca. 1400)
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Maere and Novellas
Der blinde Hausfreund (ca. 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. 32, Dublin 1967. p.223–228
BlHau-1:
A blind man who is widely appreciated because of his artistic abilities at a good citizen’s house falls in love with his wife and woos her. When she doesn’t succeed in her rejection she tells it to her husband. To teach the blind man a lesson he advises his wife to pretend to fulfill his demands and she promises the blind her favors.
Motif References:
J 950 Presumption of the lowly
BlHau-205:
The blind is brought to a bed. After having sent away his guide he searches his way into the bedroom not knowing that the couple is watching him. To find the bed of the lady he walks after the husband’s snoring. The husband speaks up telling his wife that he is sick, so that the blind has to remain silent and remain in a very uncomfortable position although he is freezing.
Motif References:
X 120 Humor of bad eyesight.
BlHau-243:
After that the husband is watering him with a can pretending to pee on him. When the blind shifts his position the husband calls out that there are thieves in the house and light should be brought. Then he takes the fleeing blind and beats him up with his servants. Eventually he has him thrown into the dirt, where his guide finds him the next day. Epimythion: The fate of the blind shall be the fate of the faithless.
Motif References:
K 1213 Terrorizing the paramour
K 1218.9.1 Importunate lover is given a rendezvous. Obscene tricks played on him
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