Heinrich der Glichezare, Reinhart Fuchs (>1192)
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Maere and Novellas
Heinrich der Glichezare, Reinhart Fuchs (>1192)
Reissenberger, K.(ed.): Reinhart Fuchs (=ATB 7). 2nd ed. Tübingen 1908.
HRFu-1:
Introduction of Reinhart Fuchs. The peasant Lantzelin and his wife Rutzela are worried because Reinhart the fox has already robbed ten of their chickens. The peasant erects a protective fence around the chicken yard and then thinks his chickens safe.
Motif References:
P 411 Peasant
HRFu-41:
At sunrise, Reinhart pulls out a board of the fence and enters the coop. The hen Pinte notices him and flees together with other hens, but the cock Schantekler pushes them back, not believing that there is any danger. He recounts his dream in which he has become part of a red fur. Pinte warns him in vain of the suspicious movement in the coop.
Motif References:
J 651 Inattention to danger
J 652 Inattention to warnings
D 1810.8.3 Warning in dreams
HRFu-99:
On Pinte’s suggestion, Schantecler flies upon a briar and thus sits in too high a position to be reached by Reinhart. The fox comes and asks the cock if he is Sengelin (Schantecler’s father); he praises him and states that he was a friend of his father who always came near to greet him and used to sing for him with closed eyes. Schantekler wants to behave like his father did, comes down and sings with closed eyes. He is seized by the fox.
Motif References:
K 721 Cock persuaded to crow with closed eyes
K 770 Other deceptive captures
K 815.1 Fox persuades cock [bird] to come down and talk to him
J 1118 Clever bird [general: clever animals]
K 2010 Hypocrite pretends friendship but attacks
K 2295 Treacherous animals
HRFu-136:
While Reinhart is running towards the woods, Lantzelin takes notice of the fox’s robbery. Schantekler induces the fox to speak to him and thus escapes out of his mouth, flying up to a tree. He mocks Reinhart, who has to flee the approaching peasant.
Motif References:
R 219 Escapes – miscellaneous
L 315 Small animal overcomes large
K 561.1 Animal captor persuaded to talk and release victim from his mouth
J 1118 Clever bird [general: clever animals]
HRFu-177:
Reinhart meets a titmouse. He claims that the bird’s child is his godfather and demands to be greeted in a more familiar way, with a kiss. The titmouse replies that he is afraid of the look in the fox’s eyes, but would kiss him three times on the condition that he closes his eyes. Reinhart does so, and the titmouse drops a piece of dirt. As the fox snaps at it, the bird recognizes his deceit.
Motif References:
K 525 Escape by use of substituted object
K 815.1.1 Fox tries to persuade cock [bird] to come down and talk to him
J 1118 Clever bird [general: clever animals]
H 1556.3 Test of fidelity through offering suspected assassin opportunity to commit the murder
K 2010 Hypocrite pretends friendship but attacks
K 2061 Treacherous plan of hypocritical animal detected and prevented
HRFu-220:
The fox catches sight of a raven (called Dizelin) that perches high up in a tree and eats a piece of cheese. Reinhart addresses the bird as a relative and asks him whether he can sing as beautifully as his father. Dizelin states that he himself is the best singer, begins to sing and the cheese falls out of his mouth.
Motif References:
W 116 Vanity
K 334.1 The raven with cheese in his mouth
K 347 Cozening. Trickster’s claim of relationship causes owner to relax vigilance
K 2010 Hypocrite pretends friendship but attacks
J 2173 Short-sighted fool loses his food
J 2351.3 Dupe loses booty through singing
HRFu-253:
Reinhart claims that he has a wound which gets worse by the cheese’s stench and implores the raven to free him from it, reminding him of their relationship. The raven flies down and hardly escapes the fox who wants to catch him. A hunter comes after Reinhart, who flees the dogs and finally hides in a tree stump.
Motif References:
R 219 Escapes – miscellaneous
K 757 Capture by feigning illness
K 815.1 Fox persuades cock [bird] to come down and talk to him
K 833 Man lured into aiding trickster who has feigned an accident or needs help
HRFu-313:
Reinhart meets the cat Dieprecht and claims to be his good friend. He wants to trick the cat into running down a path where a trap is hidden by pretending to admire the cat’s swiftness. Dieprecht knows the trap and jumps over it. He challenges Reinhart to follow him and pushes the fox into the trap. As the trap’s owner turns up, Reinhart lays his head upon the trap and then dodges as the farmer is about to behead him. The farmer hits only the trap and the fox escapes.
Motif References:
R 219 Escapes – miscellaneous
K 650 Other means of escape
J 1118 Clever bird [general: clever animals]
K 1601 Deceiver falls into his own trap (literally)
K 1760 Other bluffs
K 2010 Hypocrite pretends friendship but attacks
K 2061 Treacherous plan of hypocritical animal detected and prevented
HRFu-385:
Encounter of Reinhart and Isengrin. Reinhart addresses the wolf as his lord and offers his service, warning him against his enemies. Isengrin, his wife and the two sons agree to accept the fox’s service. Reinhart desires the wolf’s wife Hersant.
Motif References:
T 91.6 Noble and lowly in love
K 2010 Hypocrite pretends friendship but attacks
K 2247 Treacherous lord [vassal]
HRFu-413:
One day, Isengrin leaves his home and entrusts his wife to Reinhart’s custody. In the wolf’s absence, Reinhart declares his love to Hersant who rejects him. Isengrin returns without food.
Motif References:
T 57 Declaration of love
T 299 Other aspects of married life – miscellaneous
J 2160 Other short-sighted acts
HRFu-449:
Reinhart catches sight of a peasant who carries a big piece of ham. The fox approaches the farmer, feigning to be badly injured. Peasant drops the ham, striving to get hold of the fox, and follows him to the woods. Meanwhile Isengrin eats up all the ham. Reinhart returns and asks for his share of the booty but is told that nothing is left.
Motif References:
K 341.15 One thief distracts attention of owner while other steals
K 364 Partner misappropriates common goods
K 1867 Trickster shams death [injury] to get food
HRFu-499:
Isengrin is thirsty and Reinhart leads him and his family into a monastery cellar. There, the drunken wolf starts to sing; the wolves are detected and beaten with bars whereas Reinhart escapes. The wolves can hardly escape.
Motif References:
R 219 Escapes – miscellaneous
Q 261 Treachery punished
J 651 Inattention to danger
K 1022.1 Wolf overeats [gets drunk] in the cellar (smokehouse)
J 1706 Stupid animals
J 2136.5 Careless thief caught
HRFu-551:
Reinhart meets the donkey Baldewin. He persuades him to leave his master and come with him. Isengrin laments his wife’s and sons’ injury.
Motif References:
HRFu-575:
Kunin slanders Isengrin’s wife of having committed adultery with Reinhart. Isengrin faints and, having recovered consciousness, repulses the accusation. He tells his wife about Kunin’s slander.
Motif References:
F 1041.21.7 Swooning from grief
K 2112 Woman slandered as adulteress (prostitute) [concubine]
HRFu-635:
One day, Isengrin passes Reinhart’s fox hole and smells his food. The fox pretends to have become a monk who is supposed to stay inside the hole. He gives two pieces of fish to the wolf and invites him to enter the order. He makes him stick his head into the hole in order to acquire brotherhood and pours hot water over him, declaring that he is now a Cistercian. Isengrin believes him though he has lost skin and hair.
Motif References:
S 180 Wounding or torturing
K 839 Fatal deception into trickster’s power – miscellaneous
K 1826.1 Disguise as monk
HRFu-720:
Reinhart promises Isengrin to show him a lake full of fish. The lake is frozen, but a hole is cut into the ice. The fox ties a bucket to the wolf’s tail in order to catch fish and persuades him to hold his tail into the icy water during the whole night. The tail freezes and Reinhart promises to get help but does not return.
Motif References:
K 1020 Deception into disastrous attempt to procure food
K 1021 The tail fisher
HRFu-779:
A knight (Birtin) sets his dogs on the trapped Isengrin and wants to slay him with his sword. Isengrin is not able to pull his tail out of the water because too many fish are in the bucket. Moral: one should not carry too many things, otherwise he loses all. The knight slips on the ice and only cuts the wolf’s tail off. Isengrin runs away.
Motif References:
R 219 Escapes – miscellaneous
J 514 One should not be too greedy
N 659 Life saved by accident – miscellaneous
HRFu-827:
Reinhart comes to a walled chicken-coop. He takes notice of a well, looks into it and considers his reflection in the water to be his wife. He jumps into the well and is not able to come out again. The hungry Isengrin comes along and also mistakes his reflection for his wife.
Motif References:
J 1706 Stupid animals
J 1791.7 Man does not recognize his own reflection in the water
J 2136 Numskull [Fool] brings about his own capture
HRFu-884:
Isengrin takes notice of Reinhart, who tells him that what he sees are his and his wife Hersant’s souls in paradise. Isengrin asks why her hair is burnt and Reinhart replies that the souls have to go through hell before entering paradise. He also tells him that there are jewels, sheep etc. in paradise.
Motif References:
K 714.2.1 Victim tricked into jumping in a box [well] by making him think he is going to heaven
J 2349 Nature of gullibility – miscellaneous
HRFu-927:
Reinhart persuades Isengrin to descend in a bucket which pulls up another one. Reinhart is pulled up in the other bucket, whereas Isengrin is caught at the bottom of the well.
Motif References:
K 651 Wolf descends into well in one bucket and rescues fox in the other
K 735.5 Dupe tricked into well: left there
J 2136 Numskull [Fool] brings about his own capture
HRFu-959:
A monk comes to fetch water, sees Isengrin and calls the other monks. They raise the wolf out of the well and beat him with bars until they think him dead. They would have hanged him if the prior did not notice the wolf’s bald head and considered him a penitent. Walther of Horburc is quoted who said that every misfortune, if one bears it bravely, can turn out good.
Motif References:
N 659 Life saved by accident – miscellaneous
J 1060 Miscellaneous aspects of wisdom
J 1760 Animal or person mistaken for something else
HRFu-1031:
After the monks have left Isengrin, he returns to the woods and to his family. He declares war upon Reinhart. A lynx who descends both from a wolf and a fox offers to mediate.
Motif References:
B 260 Animal warfare
HRFu-1097:
The animals arrange a law court three weeks later. The big ones are on Isengrin’s side, the badger Krimel is on Reinhart’s.
Motif References:
B 271 Animals as plaintiffs
B 272.1 Lawsuit against animals
P 310 Friendship
P 510 Law courts
HRFu-1121:
Isengrin brings a terrifying dog with him (Reitze). One of the wolf’s followers suggests that the dog should feign death and thus allure Reinhart. They follow his advice, but Krimel warns Reinhart who flees to his hole. The wolves give chase with Hersant in the lead.
Motif References:
R 220 Flights
R 260 Pursuits
K 751 Capture by feigning death
K 1860 Deception by feigned death (sleep)
HRFu-1168:
The fox flees into a badger’s sett. Hersant gets stuck in the entrance and is raped by Reinhart before the eyes of Isengrin as well as numerous other animals.
Motif References:
T 471 Rape
K 1384 Female overpowered when caught in tree cleft (hole in hedge)
HRFu-1239:
The king of the animals, the lion Vrevel, has commanded public peace (lantvride). One day, he comes to an ant-hill and demands from the ants to acknowledge him as their lord. As they refuse, he kills many of them. The king of the ants returns and learns of the disaster. He finds the lion sleeping beneath a linden and crawls into his ear and up to his brain. The lion cries because of pain and believes that God has sent him the pain as punishment for having neglected to hold court.
Motif References:
P 50.0.1 King and vassals: obligations of vassals to king [Feudality: mutual relationship between king and vassals]
B 240.4 Lion as king of animals
B 246.1 King of ants
B 263.8 War between lion and other animals
L 315.6 Insects worry large animal to despair or death
Q 380 Deeds punished – miscellaneous
Q 411 Death as punishment
J 1819 Physical phenomena misunderstood – miscellaneous
HRFu-1321:
The lion calls his vassals to a law court. A precious throne is prepared. Many animals come, only Reinhart stays away.
Motif References:
P 510 Law courts
HRFu-1366:
Brun the bear, Isengrin’s advocate, pleads the wolf’s case before the king, accusing Reinhart of having injured the wolf (loss of tail) and having raped Hersant during the public peace. Krimel answers Brun’s plea with two arguments: first, Reinhart would be too small to rape Hersant and, second, Hersant could willingly have committed adultery with the fox.
Motif References:
B 270 Animals in legal relations
B 271 Animals as plaintiffs
B 274 Animal as judge
P 548 Miscellaneous legal customs [problems]
K 2112 Woman slandered as adulteress (prostitute) [concubine]
HRFu-1413:
The king asks Randolt the deer to pronounce his judgment under oath. Randolt demands that Reinhart should be hanged. Other animals assent accept for the old camel of Thuschalan, who proposes on oath that first of all summons should be taken out against Reinhart, at least three times. The animals agree.
Motif References:
Z 71.1 Formulistic number: three
HRFu-1458:
Schantecler and his wife Pinte come to court and bring their dead daughter, who has been killed by Reinhart. Schantecler prefers charges against the fox, and the king wishes that Reinhart be exiled on pain of death.
Motif References:
B 271 Animals as plaintiffs
HRFu-1481:
As the rabbit notices the king’s anger he is scared and struck with fever. The corpse of Schantecler’s daughter is buried. The rabbit sleeps on the grave and is miraculously released from his fever. He runs to the king, telling him that the chicken must be a saint.
Motif References:
V 222 Miraculous manifestation acclaims saint
F 959 Marvelous cures – miscellaneous
F 1041.17 Extraordinary result of fear
D 2161.1.2 Magic cure for fever
D 2161.4.12 Magic cure during sleep
HRFu-1511:
Brun, the king’s chaplain, is dispatched to fetch Reinhart and meets him in front of his fox hole. Reinhart pretends that he wants to eat before going to court and tells the bear that he knows a tree full of honey. As the bear sticks his head into a cleft, Reinhart pulls out a wedge and a block falls on the bear’s head.
Motif References:
P 14.15.2 Court messenger
K 710 Victim enticed into voluntary captivity or helplessness
K 1020 Deception into disastrous attempt to procure food
K 1111 Dupe puts hand (paws, [head]) into cleft of tree (wedge,vise)
HRFu-1563:
A man sees the bear stuck in the tree and rings the church-bells. All the peasants come; the bear is afraid and pulls out his head, losing his ears and skin. Brun returns to court and gives an account of what has happened. The king asks the beaver for his opinion. He declares under oath that Reinhart should be condemned, but the elephant objects that Reinhart should be summoned first. The king forces Dieprecht to go although he is Reinhart’s relative.
Motif References:
P 14.15.2 Court messenger
R 219 Escapes – miscellaneous
HRFu-1658:
Reinhart welcomes Dieprecht heartily as a dear relative. He pretends that he has not seen the bear since a year. Reinhart sends Dieprecht to the priest’s (S3: peasant’s) house with the promise of finding a supply of mice. There, Dieprecht gets caught in a trap which has been laid for Reinhart. Because of the darkness, the priest mistakes the cat for Reinhart, takes a sickle and strikes at him, but cuts only the rope. Dieprecht flees. The priest’s wife beats her husband.
Motif References:
R 219 Escapes – miscellaneous
T 251.10 Wife beats her husband (and eats up everything he earns)
P 426.1 Parson (priest)
N 659 Life saved by accident – miscellaneous
K 735 Capture in pitfall
K 1020 Deception into disastrous attempt to procure food
K 2010 Hypocrite pretends friendship but attacks
HRFu-1731:
Back at the king’s court, Dieprecht recounts what Reinhart has done to him. The king asks the boar for his judgment, who wants to have Reinhart condemned and killed. Crimel, the badger, objects and states that it was not Reinhart’s fault that the messengers were injured. Reinhart should be summoned one more time. Thereupon, the king dispatches Crimel. Heinrich introduces himself as the author.
Motif References:
P 14.15.2 Court messenger
HRFu-1801:
Krimel tells Reinhart that if he does not come to court this day, he should leave the country, otherwise he will be killed. At court he would certainly be condemned. Reinhart dresses as a pilgrim and takes a physician’s bag with him. As Reinhart comes to court, many animals are enraged, the victims incriminate him.
Motif References:
J 1189 Clever means of avoiding legal punishment – miscellaneous
K 1817.2 Disguise as palmer (pilgrim)
K 1825.1 Disguise as doctor
HRFu-1873:
Reinhart, claiming to be sent by master Pendin, a famous doctor of Salerne, to cure the king’s disease (headache), soothes the angry king with a medicine. Reinhart states that the doctor recommends skinning an old wolf, a bear and a cat to get well again. The lion demands the skin from Isengrin and the chaplain.
Motif References:
J 829 Dealing with the great – miscellaneous
K 961 Flesh of certain animal alleged to be only cure for disease
K 961.1.1 Tit for tat
K 1955 Sham physician
K 2292 Treacherous physician
HRFu-1913:
The chaplain and Isengrin try in vain to warn the lion against the treacherous fox: both animals and the cat are skinned. Reinhart advises the king to eat a chicken with a boar’s ham; Pinte is killed and a boar maimed. Reinhart also recommends a strap from a deer’s skin. Randolt tries in vain to warn the lion against the fox’s treachery, and a strap is cut from him, from the nose to the tail. After that, Reinhart demands a beaver’s skin as reward for doctor Bendin and receives it. The other animals leave.
Motif References:
J 652 Inattention to warnings
HRFu-1999:
Reinhart tells the lion to take a bath. He puts the cat’s skin on the lion’s head, bleeds him and, after the bath, has him lie down on the bear’s skin, covering him with the wolf’s hide. Because of the heat, the ant leaves the lion’s head.
Motif References:
B 784.2.4 Physician removes animal from stomach [head] of patient
HRFu-2047:
Reinhart is about to kill the ant, but spares its life as the ant offers 1000 of its castles in the woods. The lion feels better now. Reinhart asks for the boiled chicken, advises the king to drink the meat stock and eats the hen himself. He gives the boar’s ham to his friend Krimel.
Motif References:
M 234 Life spared in return for life-long service [material compensation, peace treaty]
K 499 Additional cheats
J 1249 Clever dividing – miscellaneous
HRFu-2097:
Reinhart asks the king to grant a fief to the elephant. The elephant is enfeoffed with Beheim, but as he goes there to take possession of the land, he is beaten up. In addition to that, Reinhart induces the lion to appoint the camel as abbess of Erstein, for the lion’s spiritual welfare. The king enfeoffs the camel with his right hand. After the camel’s arrival in the monastery, she is beaten by the nuns with pencils (griffel) and driven away.
Motif References:
P 50.0.1 King and vassals: obligations of vassals to king [Feudality: mutual relationship between king and vassals]
P 426 Clergy
HRFu-2163:
Reinhart gives a deadly potion to the king. After the lion has drunk it, Reinhart leaves court, pretending to go out to look for roots, and takes Krimel with him. On his way, he meets the skinned bear Brun and makes fun of him. Meanwhile, the king has become sick and sends for Reinhart, but discovers that the fox has vanished and now repents that he has trusted him. The king turns towards the wall, his head splits into three, and his tongue into nine pieces. People lament his death.
Motif References:
P 16 End of king’s reign
S 111 Murder by poisoning
K 824 Sham doctor kills his patients
K 1825.1.6 Disguise as physician to poison enemies
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