Der Herr mit den vier Frauen (>1300)
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Maere and Novellas
Der Herr mit den vier Frauen (>1300)
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. 29, Dublin 1967. p. 119–126
HevFr-1:
A rich man surprises his wife together with her lover and kills both. His next two wives are killed too. Eventually no one will give him his daughter in marriage.
Motif References:
T 230 Faithlessness in marriage [love]
Q 411.0.2 Husband kills wife and paramour
HevFr-290:
One day he loses his way while hunting and asks a noble but poor neighbor for lodging. The host has three beautiful and virtuous daughters who are appreciated by the guest. He woos the eldest and soon they get married.
Motif References:
T 50 Wooing
T 121 Unequal marriage
P 320 Hospitality
P 324.1 Host treats guest with food and everything possible
HevFr-440:
But the three times betrayed husband is suspicious and decides to test his wife. He has one of his bondsman woo his wife until he gets her favors. After two years she doesn’t know what to do any more and entrust herself to her two servants. When her husband rides out she asks the knight to come to her place. The knight informs the husband who changes clothes with the knight and gets a fine beating until he reveals his identity. Now he has to confess his unjust suspicion. From now on he honors his wife highly. Epimythion: He who has a virtuous wife shall enjoy it and not embarrass her by distrust. None shall demand to prove the friendship at too high a risk.
Motif References:
H 467.2 Wife’s faithfulness tested by a proposal in another’s name
K 1514.4 Returning husband beaten by servants, mistaken for the lover whom he has told them to beat
K 1813 Disguised husband visits his wife
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