Der Stricker, Der begrabene Ehemann (>1220/50)
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Maere and Novellas
Der Stricker, Der begrabene Ehemann (>1220/50)
Fischer, H.(ed.): Der Stricker. Verserzählungen (=ATB 53). 2nd ed. Tübingen 1967. Nr. 4, p. 28–36
StrBE-1:
A married couple competes in assertions of their love to each other. Finally the wife demands that he has to believe everything she says to prove his love. The husband swears to obey her.
Motif References:
M 150 Other vows and oaths
H 1557 Tests of obedience
StrBE-53:
But when she calls him at noon to dinner and to go to sleep he contradicts her and she accuses him of having broken an oath; he has to await punishment.
Motif References:
M 101 Punishment for broken oaths
Q 325 Disobedience punished
J 1930 Absurd disregard of natural laws
StrBE-124:
He begs for forgiveness and promises to improve. Twelve days later he takes a cold bath, when his wife assures him it is hot.
Motif References:
M 302 Means of prophesying
H 474 Complacent wife agrees with all of husband’s absurd statements (actions)
StrBE-145:
Later on he notices that the minister sneaks out of the stable. When he doesn’t believe her words this time, the wife threatens to divorce him. Now he cancels all his reprimands.
Motif References:
T 230 Faithlessness in marriage [love]
K 1510 Adulteress outwits husband
StrBE-233:
When he impedes her affair with the minister she makes him believe, that he is dead.
Motif References:
J 2311.0.1 Wife makes her husband believe that he is dead
StrBE-369:
Without a word he suffers all the ceremonies and protests at the last moment when his grave is dug. The adulterous minister claims the cries for help are screams of the devil and the poor man has to die because of subduing to his wife.
Motif References:
S 123 Burial alive
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