Motif Index of German Secular Narratives                 
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Der Stricker, Der nackte Ritter (>1220/50)

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StrNR-37
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Maere and Novellas

Der Stricker, Der nackte Ritter (>1220/50)
Fischer, H.(ed.): Der Stricker. Verserzählungen (=ATB 53). 2nd ed. Tübingen 1967. Nr. 10, p. 126–131

StrNR-1:   One evening a traveling knight comes cold and wet to a man who welcomes him in a friendly way and takes care of him. After a while it gets very warm in the room and all start to sweat.
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P 320 Hospitality

StrNR-37:   The host takes off his coat and suggests the knight doing the same. But although heavily persuaded the knight refuses and so the host forces away the knight’s coat, thinking he is too shy.
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W 196 Lack of patience

StrNR-65:   The knight doesn’t wear neither shirt nor trousers and to the others dismay is sitting there stark naked. Embarrassed he puts on his coat again and leaves his unwise host with anger. Epimythion: None shall serve a guest with exaggeration; he will not earn his gratefulness.
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J 1820 Inappropriate action from misunderstanding