Der Schüler zu Paris C (>1300)
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Maere and Novellas
Der Schüler zu Paris C (>1300)
Rosenfeld, H.-F.(ed.): Mittelhochdeutsche Novellenstudien II. Der Schüler von Paris (=Palaestra 153). Berlin 1927. p. 207–230
SchPC-1:
Promythion: Warning for immoderate love. At the age of sixteen, a beautiful young man, born to his parents after a long period without children, goes to a big town. He is given accommodation by a rich citizen, and falls in love with their twelve year old daughter. Since they are watched, they cannot fulfill their desire for a long time. But one day, when the parents go out, the lovers meet in the garden and make love under a rosebush.
Motif References:
T 15 Love at first sight
T 35.2 Pavilion as lover’s rendezvous
T 50.1 Girl carefully guarded from suitors
SchPC-405:
The young man dies because of his extraordinary happiness. The girl wails and begs death to take her away too. When the young man doesn’t appear at the meal, the servant finds him at the rosebush. At the mass for the dead, the daughter dies by the coffin and is buried together with her lover. Epimythion: Power of love.
Motif References:
T 81.3 Girl [wife] falls dead on lover’s [husband’s] body
T 86 Lovers buried in same grave [coffin]
F 1041.21 Reactions to excessive grief
F 1041.1.5.4 Death from joy of kiss [love making]
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