Der Stricker, Die eingemauerte Frau (>1220/50)
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Maere and Novellas
Der Stricker, Die eingemauerte Frau (>1220/50)
Fischer, H.(ed.): Der Stricker. Verserzählungen (=ATB 53). 2nd ed. Tübingen 1967. Nr. 6, p. 50–65
StrEF-1:
A knight marries a woman who is so shrewish and unchangeable that he has her walled in her chamber.
Motif References:
T 251 The shrewish wife
Q 325 Disobedience punished
StrEF-39:
Neither watching the good life outside nor her friends’ pleas can break her stubbornness.
Motif References:
Q 433 Punishment: Imprisonment
StrEF-131:
Finally she repents her sins and confesses to the minister who convinces her husband of her change. In the presence of many guests the wife is freed and a grand feast takes place. At the end the wife speaks up and promises to change all shrewish women. Her story becomes well known all over the country and all shrewish wives obey their husbands. Epimythion: Such an example would be good for many places.
Motif References:
V 20 Confession of sins
V 229.12 Sinful beauty is converted and spends the end of her life doing penance
T 298 Reconciliation [reunion] of (separated) couple
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