Ehren und Höhnen (ca. 1400)
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Maere and Novellas
Ehren und Höhnen (ca. 1400)
Freiherr von Lassberg, J. (ed.): Liedersaal: Sammlung altdeutscher Gedichte. 1820–1825. Reprint Hildesheim 1968. Vol 1, Nr. 80, p. 599–601
EhHo-1:
A man marries a fifteen year old girl who is not experienced in love. When she asks him, he explains to her that kissing means to honor, having intercourse to sneer. She answers that honor is for the aristocracy, not her, since she comes from a low origin. He should sneer at her, rather than honor her, not one time per night, but twelve. That’s what she, poor woman, deserves.
Motif References:
K 1363.1 Putting the devil in hell
J 1744 Ignorance of marriage relations
K 2052.2 Girl who is frightened by love becomes insatiable
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