Frauenlist (>1300)
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Maere and Novellas
Frauenlist (>1300)
von der Hagen, Fr. H.: Gesammtabenteuer. Hundert altdeutsche Erzählungen, 3 vols. Stuttgart/Tübingen 1850. Reprint Darmstadt 1961. Vol. 2, Nr. 26, p. 87–104.
FrLis-1:
A handsome and amiable scholar falls in love with a lady of high rank. Because of her position he does not dare to declare his love. He greets her nevertheless after a long inner struggle. She answers him only pertly and one time he tells her a comparison: Who wants to catch a bird has to set many snares to cause its confusion.
Motif References:
T 15 Love at first sight
T 41 Communication of lovers
T 91 Unequals in love
FrLis-175:
The lady does not understand his allusions and invites the student seeking his explanations. The overjoyed student declares his love and convinces the lady in an artful debate of the depth and truthfulness of his love. The lady says farewell to him promising to think about his proposal. In a dialogue with her heart she decides to grant him her love because love is higher than honor and wealth.
Motif References:
T 24.1 Love-sickness
T 24 The symptoms of love
T 35 Lovers’ rendezvous
FrLis-550:
When her husband becomes aware of the frequent visits of the scholar he becomes suspicious. The first times he believes in her excuses that the student had written her a recipe against toothache and cough. To resolve all doubt the lady shows her husband her reflection in the water telling that although he can see her he cannot touch her. So he is not to believe anything unless he can lay his hands on it.
Motif References:
K 1510 Adulteress outwits husband
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