Die Nachtigall A (<1400)
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Maere and Novellas
Die Nachtigall A (<1400)
von der Hagen, H.H.: Gesammtabenteuer. Hundert altdeutsche Erzählungen, 3 vols. Stuttgart/Tübingen 1850. Reprint Darmstadt 1961. Vol 2, Nr. 25, p. 75–82.
NachtA-1:
Promythion: Extraordinary and hilarious stories should not be concealed. The two children of rich knights fall in love with each other.
Motif References:
T 29 Falling in love – miscellaneous
T 50.1 Girl carefully guarded from suitors
NachtA-75:
The girl pretends being ill and says only sleeping in the garden during night can ease her pain. Perhaps she’ll catch a bird too. The caring parents agree and she sends a message to her lover. When it becomes dark he comes to the garden; after a night full of love they oversleep. The father discovers them in the morning in embrace. As the daughter hold his penis the father tells his wife that their daughter has caught a bird. The young knight wants to marry her and the story has a happy ending.
Motif References:
T 36 Girl sleeps in garden to meet lover. Discovered next morning and married
T 41 Communication of lovers
K 1326.1 Seduction by asking for sham cure for sham illness
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