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Rache für die Helchensöhne (1350)

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Maere and Novellas

Rache für die Helchensöhne (1350)
Kurz, D.: Verluste auf dem Gebiet der mittelhochdeutschen höfischen Erzähldichtung. Diss. Tübingen 1950. p. 225–229

Rache-1:   One night a man who has lived a celibate life with his wife wants to teach her the love game. He says that they have to take revenge for the sons of Helche. She is astonished, but agrees and when she learns how sweet the revenge is, she pleads guilty for having slain the sons of Helche.
Motif References:

K 1315.7.1 Seduction by pretending to instruct (or to need instruction) in marital duties
K 1363 Seduction of a person ignorant of sexual intercourse
K 1363.1 Putting the devil in hell
K 2052.2 Girl who is frightened by love becomes insatiable