Drei listige Frauen A (<1400)
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Maere and Novellas
Drei listige Frauen A (<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. 18, Dublin 1967. p. 69–74
DrlFA-1:
Three women quarrel which of them is best in playing pranks on her husband. Hiltgunt wakes her husband Knure and persuades him that he is chosen as abbot. He has a tonsure shaved and wears a monk’s garment.
Motif References:
K 1545 Wives wager as to who can best fool her husband
J 2314 Layman made to believe that he is a monk
DrlFA-123:
Swichmuot tries to convince her husband Herebrant that he had died during the night. When he disagrees she has the minister and others as witnesses and begs him not to make such a fuss; people could think he is possessed. At last he gives in and the wife has intercourse with the servant near the death bed.
Motif References:
J 2311.0.1 Wife makes her husband believe that he is dead
DrlFA-343:
Radegunt pretends to cook ocker for her husband, to spin invisible clothes and sends him to a death mass naked for his late neighbor Herebrant, which is held by abbot Knure. The audience has to decide which the best prank is. Epymythion: No man should listen to his wife, otherwise he plays the fool.
Motif References:
J 2312 Naked person made to believe he is clothed
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