Der Stricker, Das erzwungene Gelübde (>1220/50)
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Maere and Novellas
Der Stricker, Das erzwungene Gelübde (>1220/50)
Fischer, H.(ed.): Der Stricker. Verserzählungen (=ATB 53). 2nd ed. Tübingen 1967. Nr. 2, p. 11–21
StrEG-1:
A husband demands under threats that his wife mustn’t remarry after his death. She begs for three days time for reflection and asks her companion for advise. When her husband has all his friends assembled at the fourth day she asks if he demands the promise out of his love.
Motif References:
M 135 Vow never to remarry
N 828 Wise woman as helper
StrEG-110:
When he agrees, she demands that he mustn’t remarry after her death. He swears it and has to pay as pledge 30 pound for his oath. The wife says she doesn’t know any better pledge as being separated right now and goes to the monastery to get used to life without a spouse. The husband finds it unbearable, makes up his mind and begs her to take back his oath. The wife has him plead a long time and then demands that she is allowed to take a lover while he is alive, if she wants. He has to accept her demand, but from this moment on he treats her so well that she never claims her right.
Motif References:
J 1112 Clever wife
J 1530 One absurdity rebukes another
J 1545 Wife outwits her husband
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