Berthold von Holle, Demantin (<1275)
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Miscellaneous Romances
Berthold von Holle, Demantin (<1275)
Bartsch, K.: Demantin. (=Bibliothek des Litterarischen Vereins in Stuttgart 123) Tübingen 1875.
BvHDe-1:
Prologue; author names himself (Bertolt von Holle); his story is about a brave and courageous knight.
Motif References:
BvHDe-95:
The knight [Dêmantîn] falls in love at first sight with a 12 year old remarkably beautiful girl [Sirgamôt]. He wants to make her acquaintance and pays a visit to her father [king Melîân of Greece]; he is received and seated next to her, but his proposal is refused, as she is too young.
Motif References:
T 15 Love at first sight
T 131 Marriage restrictions
F 575.3 Remarkably beautiful child
BvHDe-165:
Dêmantîn is very sad and takes leave. The girl returns his love, but later she was married to an old man; God liberated her from this marriage which was never consummated.
Motif References:
T 121 Unequal marriage
T 160 Consummation of marriage
BvHDe-187:
The knight’s name is Dêmantîn [of Antrîûn]; he is one of the most famous knights and proved his valor in many tournaments.
Motif References:
BvHDe-199:
One of those tournaments takes place at Pentecost at Erramôn. The queen of England has sent one of her ladies, Bêâmunt, with the prize: a sparrow-hawk. Bêâmunt makes additional conditions: the one who is the first to unhorse an opponent may kiss her and will get a wreath of roses.
Motif References:
P 561 Tournaments
H 1561.1 Tests of valor: tournament
BvHDe-255:
When Dêmantîn and his followers take a rest, they meet a page who tells them about the tournament, where many courageous knights will participate. The king of England (along with the king of Spain) competes with the king of France (along with Holland and the Rhine-countries).
Motif References:
BvHDe-305:
Dêmantîn learns that Bêâmunt is the duchess of Brabant and the heiress of England (she is the fatherless daughter of the king’s sister). As one of her suitors, Firganant, waged war to enforce his demand for her in marriage, her kinsmen and vassals summoned a court in Arifelt. The winner of the tournament in Erramôn is meant to fight for her as proxy against Firganant. In the event that he is defeated, he will leave her alone and refund her losses, if he is victorious, she will be his.
Motif References:
T 68.7 (Bm) Princess [maiden] as prize in tournament [single combat]
T 104 Foreign king wages war to enforce demand for princess in marriage
H 217 Decision made by contest
P 561 Tournaments
H 1561.1 Tests of valor: tournament
BvHDe-351:
When Dêmantîn’s messenger brings him the news that he can not get accommodation, the king of England, who knows about Dêmantîn’s reputation, gives his quarters to him. Dêmantîn enters the town with music; ladies watch him from the windows. The king of England greets first him, then his knights.
Motif References:
BvHDe-469:
Dêmantîn leaves to meet Bêâmunt. Her retinue consists of 40 maidens – dressed in scarlet dresses –, each of them in the company of an identically dressed knight. Pages ride between each group of ten. Bêâmunt herself is dressed in precious garments and wears a multicolored and jeweled crown. On her crown, she wears a wreath. The sparrow-hawk sits on her hand. She is flanked by a bishop on one side and a secular prince on the other and followed by 50 maidens and knights (also dressed identically).
Motif References:
F 821 Extraordinary dress (clothes, robe, etc.)
F 828 Extraordinary crown
BvHDe-521:
Watsêr of France, who has also come to meet Bêâmunt, is defeated in a joust by Dêmantîn. Bêâmunt kisses him and crowns him with a wreath. He escorts her to her quarters and retires to his own. He puts on precious garments. After the meal, Dêmantîn goes to court, pays his honor and returns home again.
Motif References:
H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor
BvHDe-587:
The following morning, Dêmantîn and his followers put on their armor and proceed to the field with music.
Motif References:
BvHDe-613:
A wooden building (palas) is erected for Bêâmunt and the other ladies. Knights interpret the meaning of the coat-of-arms of the various guests to them (blasonieren). The king of Spain and his knights come, knightings take place. Then the kings of England and France arrive. They are all dressed in precious garments that are decorated with jewels.
Motif References:
P 91 (Li) Heraldic figures and symbols – coat of arms
BvHDe-719:
Tournament: Dêmantîn fights in a series of single combats (splinters of spears fly high): he unhorses a knight, then the duke of Lothringen (Lorraine), the Margrave Bonîant, whose horse is killed, and Andîân. When Bamundêr is defeated, the king of France participates. He fights against the king of England. Dêmantîn unhorses Count Farmîôn, hews his way through the troops, unhorses the count of Holland; then he defeats Count Formîânt. The king of Spain also joins in. Bêâmunt thinks that the courageous knight is Dêmantîn, whom she crowned with a wreath. When the horse of the king of France tumbles, Dêmantîn takes him captive (894). Knights make booty, the French flee, and many knights are taken captive. Bêâmunt, escorted by the king of England and the princes, comes to meet Dêmantîn, the victor of the tournament, and hands him the sparrow-hawk. She asks him to fight for her in Arifelt against Firganant. Dêmantîn consents. He sends his retainers back to their home countries and stays with Bêâmunt.
Motif References:
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat
P 561 Tournaments
F 1084 Furious battle [fight]
H 1561.1 Tests of valor: tournament
BvHDe-973:
Dêmantîn sends the prizes (the sparrow-hawk and the wreath of roses) to his beloved Sirgamôt. She often kisses them. Her mother reproaches her father with opposing to their marriage.
Motif References:
T 59 (Bm) Love tokens
BvHDe-989:
Dêmantîn declines to take ransom, but releases his captive, the king of France. Dêmantîn and Bêâmunt travel to England; they stay chaste. On their arrival, the queen and her entourage come to meet them on the shore. They are greeted by kissing.
Motif References:
R 9.10 (Bm) Release from captivity
BvHDe-1020:
Though Dêmantîn has plenty of opportunity to be unfaithful, he stays faithful to Sirgamôt.
Motif References:
BvHDe-1055:
A wormlâge (a kind of tilt-yard with a grand-stand) is built for the 2000 ladies to watch the single combat. For the queen, a canopy (surrounded by a fence of precious fabrics) is erected: it is made of precious fabrics, and the knobs are rubies the size of a head. Also other tents are pitched. Bêâmunt escorts Dêmantîn to the queen. Firganant has arrived with his retinue.
Motif References:
F 775 Extraordinary tent
F 789 Extraordinary buildings and furnishings - miscellaneous
F 826 Extraordinary jewels
BvHDe-1100:
The following morning, Dêmantîn and Firganant put on their armor. The spectators take their seats on the wormlâge. Firganant’s shield is golden and decorated with jewels. Bêâmunt binds Dêmantîn’s helmet.
Motif References:
F 839.2 Extraordinary shield
BvHDe-1149:
Judicial single combat between Firganant and Dêmantîn. They both fight ferociously (first on horses, then on foot, first with lances, then with swords). The impact of the swords causes serious damage to the shields; sparks emit from their helmets. Firganant exclaims the name of his lady, “Bêâmunt”.
Motif References:
H 217 Decision made by contest
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat
BvHDe-1162:
When Dêmantîn’s horse is killed during the course of the combat, Firganant dismounts from his horse and continues fighting on foot as well. Dêmantîn fights in Sirgamôt’s name. When he drives back Firganant, he asks him to renounce his demands for Bêâmunt and offers half of his goods to him, but Firganant refuses: he prefers death.
Motif References:
P 50 Noblemen (knights) [rules of chivalry]
BvHDe-1302:
Dêmantîn argues that it is better to win a lady’s heart without force but by leaving the decision to her. So, Firganant surrenders. In the presence of the ladies and nobles he renounces his demand, but declares his love instead.
Motif References:
T 57 Declaration of love
R 75 Surrendering
BvHDe-1353:
The king of England, Bêâmunt’s uncle, entrusts her and her lands to Dêmantîn. Dêmantîn gives her over to Firganant after asking for her consent.
Motif References:
T 68.7 (Bm) Princess [maiden] as prize in tournament [single combat]
T 141.3 Hero assigns the bride he has won to another
BvHDe-1401:
The king begs everyone to stay for the wedding which lasts for four weeks. For the meal, Firganant is seated next to Bêâmunt, and Dêmantîn arranges a seating plan according to social rank. 500 knights serve during the meal. Precious presents are given; there is dancing and mounted games (behourd).
Motif References:
T 136.1 Wedding feast
P 634 Feasts
BvHDe-1473:
Firganant’s and Bêâmunt’s wedding night. The morning after, the ladies come to visit Bêâmunt, the knights come for Firganant.
Motif References:
T 137 Customs following wedding
T 160 Consummation of marriage
BvHDe-1522:
Bêâmunt’s beauty is compared to the moon among the stars.
Motif References:
F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman
BvHDe-1540:
The queen of England abdicates in favor of Bêâmunt; she gives over her crown to her niece. Then, the king gives over his crown to Firganant.
Motif References:
P 16.1.4 Father abdicates in favor of son
P 17.0.2.1 At son’s [daughter’s] wedding [betrothal] king names him [son-in-law] as successor
P 29 Queens - miscellaneous
BvHDe-1587:
Firganant enfeoffs his retainers (castles and lands). They pledge fealty. He is a munificent monarch.
Motif References:
P 12 Character of kings
P 50.0.1 King and vassals: obligations of vassals to king [Feudality: mutual relationship between king and vassals]
BvHDe-1624:
One day, a lady comes to court and begs for help to avenge the death of her husband Phorîân and the abduction of her daughter Phorasîe by an unknown knight.
Motif References:
R 10.3 Children abducted
BvHDe-1661:
Pharîôn, then Blanzamant, then Fortasîn, then Onyphant and Dulzamîs fight the unknown knight on the green field, but all of them fail.
Motif References:
R 222 Unknown knight (Three days’ tournament)
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat
P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat]
H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor
BvHDe-1748:
The lady asks again for help. The king offers to fight, but Dêmantîn objects: he has public duties and therefore should only fight in very pressing situations. Dêmantîn decides to fight.
Motif References:
P 13 Customs connected with kings
BvHDe-1783:
Dêmantîn puts on his armor. He mounts his horse without using stirrups. The lady, Phorasîe’s mother, wishes him good luck: her daughter’s hand might be the prize. She accompanies him to the field, carrying his lance, where they perceive the knight and the girl.
Motif References:
W 32 Bravery
T 68.7 (Bm) Princess [maiden] as prize in tournament [single combat]
BvHDe-1829:
The lady binds Dêmantîn’s helmet and gives him his lance. There is furious single combat between Dêmantîn and the unknown knight (swords emit sparks; shields are damaged). They immediately unhorse each other and continue fighting on foot.
Motif References:
R 222 Unknown knight (Three days’ tournament)
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat
F 1084 Furious battle [fight]
H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor
BvHDe-1864:
When Dêmantîn asks the strange knight for his name, the knight refuses as this would be a sign of fear. Dêmantîn finally makes him retreat (he gained new strength after uttering Sirgamôt’s name).
Motif References:
P 50 Noblemen (knights) [rules of chivalry]
BvHDe-1907:
The unknown knight surrenders and reveals his identity: He is Phorîân himself and enacted the adventure together with his wife and daughter in order to prove his valor. They did not reckon that he could be defeated. Now, Dêmantîn has won the hand of his daughter.
Motif References:
P 50 Noblemen (knights) [rules of chivalry]
T 68.7 (Bm) Princess [maiden] as prize in tournament [single combat]
R 75 Surrendering
P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat]
H 1223 Quest to undertake feats of valor
K 1760 Other bluffs
BvHDe-1960:
Dêmantîn sends them all as captives to Bêâmunt; she releases them.
Motif References:
R 9.10 (Bm) Release from captivity
P 555.4 (Bm) Defeated knights [giant, rescued persons etc.] sent under oath to king [lady, queen] (as proof of victory)
BvHDe-2001:
Pharîôn, the first of the defeated knights, has at first sight fallen in love with Phorasîe, Phorîân’s daughter. Dêmantîn, his conqueror and thus her guardian, decides in the presence of knights and ladies to leave her to Pharîôn.
Motif References:
T 15 Love at first sight
P 60 Noble (gentle) ladies
BvHDe-2061:
Wedding between Phorasîe and Pharîôn. (Nature of requited and unrequited love). Wedding feast lasts for four weeks.
Motif References:
T 136.1 Wedding feast
BvHDe-2130:
At the end of the feast, the renounced king of England announces that he and his wife will go over the sea to fight the heathens (there, he will find his death as well). Also other knights take leave.
Motif References:
V 530 Pilgrimages
BvHDe-2155:
Dêmantîn takes leave from Firganant and Bêâmunt as well. He refuses sovereignty, as he wants to go on a quest for adventure and refuses any escort offered by Bêâmunt and Firganant. Bêâmunt thanks him again for his intervention on her behalf; she arms him and dresses him with a jeweled gown. His horse is covered with a precious saddle-cloth. Firganant – who offers half of his goods and lands to him – and Pharîôn thank him for his help. Dêmantîn also refuses Pharîôn’s company.
Motif References:
H 1221 Quest for adventure
BvHDe-2270:
Firganant and Bêâmunt rule justly and peacefully over England.
Motif References:
P 12 Character of kings
BvHDe-2308:
Four weeks after his combat with Firganant, Dêmantîn enters the country of Count Kandimant, who instantly attacks him. Dêmantîn unhorses him and is invited to stay for the night at Kandimant’s place.
Motif References:
P 52 Knight jousts with all comers
BvHDe-2335:
He is welcomed by his host’s daughter and wife, takes off his armor and gets a precious garment. For the meal, he is seated next to his host’s daughter, Pfandimoie, who is very sad (she moans, cries and wrings her hands) (2365).
Motif References:
P 320 Hospitality
BvHDe-2373:
She tells him her story: Five years earlier, she traveled with her husband [Arisaim] through the woods; they came to a meadow with a fountain near a rock. (2394) A knight [Kanphyant] emerged from the water. He is married to a mermaid (merminne/merwîp). His helmet crest (which he got from his wife) shows two stars studded with magic jewels: One gives him the strength of three men, the other one renders him immune against water, fire, sword and human attacks, as long as he wears the helmet. He has taken her husband (and many others) with him.
Motif References:
R 10.6 (Bm) Knight abducted
R 46 Captivity under water
B 81.0.2 Woman from water world
P 91 (Li) Heraldic figures and symbols - coat-of-arms
T 111 Marriage of mortal and supernatural being
F 212.0.1 Water fairies
F 212 Fairyland under water
F 302 Fairy mistress
F 343 Other presents from fairies
F 375 Mortals as captives in fairyland
F 610.4 Man with strength of many men
F 716 Extraordinary fountain
D 813 Magic object received from fairy
F 826 Extraordinary jewels
D 926.3 (Bm) Knight guards magic well [body of water]
D 1071 Magic jewel (jewels)
D 1335 Object gives magic strength
D 1344 Magic object gives invulnerability
D 1380.11 Magic jewel protects
D 1841 Invulnerability from certain things
BvHDe-2438:
Dêmantîn offers to undertake the adventure. Kandimant objects, as no one has survived, but as Dêmantîn remains adamant, Kandimant advises him to aim at the star on the right hand side during the combat. He asks his daughter to escort Dêmantîn. A bed is prepared for the guest; the following morning, after mass and breakfast, Dêmantîn arms himself. He and the young lady leave.
Motif References:
W 212 Eagerness for combat
J 640 Avoidance of others’ power
BvHDe-2518:
They take lodgings at a lonesome house in the woods, near the place of the adventure. A man takes care of their horses and treats them with food and drink, as the lady often sends him gifts. An old woman who has been living there for the past 50 years tries in vain to prevent the knights from undertaking the quest. Dêmantîn also is eager for combat. The following morning, Dêmantîn and Pfandimoine proceed to the location of the adventure.
Motif References:
BvHDe-2591:
The strange knight (“Phêamant” as war-cry) emerges from the water. He and Dêmantîn fight in furious single combat (first on horseback, then on foot). Dêmantîn cuts off the left star from his helmet crest, then, at Pfandimoie’s urging, also the right star; they now fight on equal terms. Dêmantîn thinks of Sirgamôt and kills his opponent. Then he is attacked by the mermaid (merminne/merwîp) with a rod. At first he does not dare to defend himself, as she is a lady, but then cuts off her hand. She flees with her dead husband into the water which then disappears.
Motif References:
B 81.0.2 Woman from water world
F 212.0.1 Water fairies
R 220 Flights
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat
P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat]
J 640 Avoidance of others’ power
F 934.4 Lake disappears
F 1084 Furious battle [fight]
H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor
D 2188 Magic disappearance
BvHDe-2679:
In place of the fountain, an extremely small (one mile’s breadth) country appears. 100 knights who were once defeated and abducted by the strange knight come out of a rock face. They are dressed the way they were at the time of their abduction.
Motif References:
R 46 Captivity under water
R 112.3 Rescue of prisoners from fairy stronghold
F 212 Fairyland under water
F 375 Mortals as captives in fairyland
F 377 Supernatural lapse of time in fairyland. [Years seem days]
BvHDe-2692:
Arisaim is also among these knights; he believes that Dêmantîn is Pfandimoie’s new husband. Pfandimoie swoons and falls from her horse with grief because of this accusation. Dêmantîn explains the situation to the jealous husband who embraces her and asks for her forgiveness.
Motif References:
F 1041.21.7 Swooning from grief
BvHDe-2752:
Some of the liberated knights offer their services to Dêmantîn. Pfandimoie asks Dêmantîn to return with them to her father’s country to be rewarded for his deed. Count Kandimant and the ladies come to meet Dêmantîn and his followers. Kandimant is glad to see his son-in-law again.
Motif References:
BvHDe-2813:
Feasting and dancing take place in honor of the young knights who have been liberated by Dêmantîn from the fairy stronghold at Phêamant: They had been captured by Kanphyant, who was killed by Dêmantîn. Kanphyant was a courageous knight before he entered the service of the lady who arranged the adventure for him.
Motif References:
P 634 Feasts
BvHDe-2844:
After eight days, Dêmantîn is again eager for a quest; he takes leave despite the count’s pleading (he offers half his goods and lands). He asks everyone he meets about adventure. He jousts with some knights and proceeds to a plain where, as he has learned, an adventure is to be found. On his journey, he is nourished by inhabitants of the woods.
Motif References:
H 1221 Quest for adventure
BvHDe-2913:
On the fifth day, he arrives at the plain, where he finds a wounded horse whose rein is held by a heavily bleeding knight. The knight tells him that he has come from Greece, where he defeated the knight Arundîs and his followers in the presence of the king. Then he followed the traces of the king’s daughter Sirgamôt, who was very sad about her future marriage to the king of Antîoch. She had a sparrow-hawk with her which was sent to her by her sweetheart.
Motif References:
T 59 (Bm) Love tokens
T 108.1 (Bm) Girl (to be) married against her will [without her consent]
N 699 Other lucky accidents
BvHDe-2984:
On his way, he came by an adventure: A knight with a lance guards the entry of a nearby castle [Gandarîs] of the queen of love (minne), Pheradzoye. She is also the queen of fairies in Germany. The one who is defeated by this knight has to wait for six weeks until he has defeated another knight. If the guard is defeated, the victor is welcomed by two fairies and treated with great hospitality. The following day, he has to fight a knight [Pandulet], who has not been defeated once in 16 years, in single combat. If he is victorious, he becomes the sovereign of the adventure and Pheradzoye’s lover for one year. If he is overcome, he gets badly wounded, as it happened to him. The knight dissuades Dêmantîn from undertaking this quest and advises him to take the ferryboat to get away.
Motif References:
T 99 Love - additional motifs
F 222 Fairy castle
F 252.2 Fairy queen
F 399 Other fairy motifs
H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor
BvHDe-3054:
Dêmantîn laments that he has to renounce this challenging quest because of his search for Sirgamôt. He boards the ferryboat and rewards the ferryman richly with jewels he breaks from his shield. When getting off the boat, Dêmantîn hears sounds of hunting-horns and dogs; so he makes an attempt to avoid the hunt so that he may not to be swayed from his plans.
Motif References:
Q 111 Riches as reward
P 413 Ferryman
BvHDe-3155:
But the lady blowing the horn perceives him and approaches. She is dressed in precious clothes and leads a hound on a precious, jeweled leash. Her guiding staff (leitestap) is a ruby. The hound tries to attack Dêmantîn, and the lady reproaches him for having driven away the game. She calls Dêmantîn a coward because he is avoiding the adventure. She offends him by saying that he presumably stripped his armor off a corpse. He tries to explain his motives, but she only jeers at him again and turns her back to him.
Motif References:
F 821 Extraordinary dress (clothes, robe, etc.)
F 899 Other extraordinary objects
BvHDe-3265:
Dêmantîn now decides to return. He flings himself into the water with grief as the ferryman is absent. The ferryman saves his life, and Dêmantîn proceeds to the plain where he met the wounded knight who has left meanwhile; he moves on to the castle of Gandarîs.
Motif References:
F 1041.21.6.1 Wounding self because of excessive grief
BvHDe-3302:
Dêmantîn instantly unhorses the guard of the castle, breaking his arms and legs. The following morning, four fairy-maidens arm the hero for the combat with Pandulet.
Motif References:
H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor
BvHDe-3321:
Pandulet, dressed in a surcoat of green samît, decorated with jewels, attacks Dêmantîn, who unhorses and kills him. He is mourned by many ladies.
Motif References:
F 824 Extraordinary [part of] armor
H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor
BvHDe-3342:
Dêmantîn learns from the inscription at the castle’s door that he has to care for the adventure for one year. This makes him unhappy, as his plans (search for Sirgamôt) are postponed.
Motif References:
BvHDe-3353:
Pheradzoye mourns for Pandulet. She laments that his death is her fault, as she provoked Dêmantîn by calling him a coward. Pandulet is buried the following day. Dêmantîn is not treated very well: only two fairies take care of him; all the others have to take care of their mistress.
Motif References:
F 399 Other fainry motifs
BvHDe-3390:
One of Pheradzoye’s ladies, the fairy Andolîâ, suggests she should marry her husband’s slayer, as it is the country’s law. Pheradzoye agrees, as the adventure is in need of a guardian to ensure its continuance. Andolîâ acts as mediator: Dêmantîn agrees with a heavy heart to marry Pheradzoye and rule the country. Pheradzoye entrusts herself, the land and the adventure to Dêmantîn.
Motif References:
P 17.11 Slayer of king [sovereign] marries widow [daughter] and inherits kingdom [domain]
P 28 Marriage of queen
T 111 Marriage of mortal and supernatural being
T 127 (Bm) Woman weds husband’s [father’s, uncle’s] slayer
F 252.2 Fairy queen
F 302 Fairy mistress
BvHDe-3465:
As Dêmantîn refuses to consummate his marriage with Pheradzoye, as he seems to love another woman, Andolîâ advises her to let him leave when he is defeated by another knight.
Motif References:
T 315.2 The continent husband
BvHDe-3488:
The knight Fandalîs – sent by his lady – arrives in Gandarîs. He defeats the guard at the door and is welcomed by two fairies. The following day, he fights in single combat with Dêmantîn (they fight first on horseback, then on foot).
Motif References:
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat
F 1084 Furious battle [fight]
H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor
BvHDe-3542:
When Pheradzoye realizes that Dêmantîn gets weak, she intervenes and excuses him from his duties towards the adventure, the country and herself, as she knows that he loves someone else. Fandalîs takes Dêmantîn’s place. Dêmantîn takes leave and continues his search for Sirgamôt. After a journey of four weeks, he enters a vast forest, where he does not encounter anyone for three days; a man living in the woods nourishes him.
Motif References:
W 11 Generosity
BvHDe-3611:
Dêmantîn jousts with a knight by night. As his opponent is unconscious, Dêmantîn fastens his horse’s bridle to a tree before continuing his journey.
Motif References:
H 1561.2 Single combat to prove valor
BvHDe-3631:
Dêmantîn follows a (boundary) balk. On a pasture, he perceives a precious tent. It is so vast that it could hold thousands of persons and surrounded by a wall made of a precious fabric (samît). As there is no one there, Dêmantîn believes that he has come to the fairy world, which would again distract him from his journey.
Motif References:
F 775 Extraordinary tent
BvHDe-3683:
Suddenly he perceives a beautiful maid who is served a partridge while talking to her sparrow-hawk. She rises in order to greet Dêmantîn in her and her [future] husband’s name, taking his horse’s reins. She tells Dêmantîn – who first had her for a maid – that her [future] husband, the king of Antîoch, has gone on a hunt. When she was sent to him as his bride, he agreed to leave her untouched for a year because of her youth; this respite will be over in three days’ time. She deplores being sent there from Greece.
Motif References:
M 149 Vows concerning sex – miscellaneous
T 165.2 One year to elapse between ceremony and consummation of marriage
BvHDe-3763:
Sirgamôt, who still has not recognized him, refuses to hand the sparrow-hawk to Dêmantîn, as it was a love token from a man whose name she keeps a secret. Dêmantîn presumes that her lover must be Dêmantîn, pretending that he is his travel-companion. He suggests that he escort her to him which she refuses: if Dêmantîn was still alive, he would have come to her help long ago. Dêmantîn finally identifies himself. Reconciliation. Plan to elope.
Motif References:
T 59 (Bm) Love tokens
T 96 Lovers reunited after many adventures
H 195 (Bm) Failure to recognize
N 681 Husband (lover) arrives home just as wife (mistress) is to marry another
N 737 Accidental reunion of lovers
BvHDe-3845:
On the advice of Sirgamôt’s servant Delyâ, who would do anything to prevent her mistress from killing herself because of losing her virginity to the king, the lovers elope. Sirgamôt’s horse is provided with a precious saddlery, decorated with jewels (young ladies worked on it).
Motif References:
R 225 Elopement
F 868 Extraordinary saddle
BvHDe-3893:
Sirgamôt’s guard, the schenke (cupbearer), who is accompanied by his lady, the schenkinne, is a courageous knight who has a cart-load of spears with him. He tries to dissuade his unreasonable mistress from leaving her husband. Delyâ tells him about the mutual love between Dêmantîn and Sirgamôt.
Motif References:
P 110 Royal ministers
BvHDe-3971:
Dêmantîn kills the schenke in single combat; he takes the cart-load of spears with him in order to have weapons for the fights to come (with the king’s followers).
Motif References:
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat
BvHDe-3991:
The schenkinne mourns for her husband. She travels to the king’s hunting camp, which is pitched alongside a small river; knights and ladies talk about hunting, minne and adventure. She informs the king about his wife’s elopement and laments the death of her husband. The knights enquire about the strange knight’s coat-of-arms so as to learn about his identity. The schenkinne says that she was not able to make it out, as the shield was damaged by spear-cuts. The knight, Elide thinks he knows the knight: he is certainly the one who wounded him in nocturnal combat and bound his horse’s reins to a tree (4031).
Motif References:
BvHDe-4053:
The king of Antîoch laments the death of the schenke and his wife’s abduction. He promises reward for helpers in search for her: castles and lands, regency.
Motif References:
Q 111.8 Large quantity of land as reward
BvHDe-4075:
Knight Graphant, the schenke’s nephew, is the first to offer his services. He is armed by his lady, attacks Dêmantîn and is instantly unhorsed (Dêmantîn uses lances from the schenke’s cart), as well as Andyalt. Then, the king himself comes with 50 knights after him. The knight Thebrant demands Sirgamôt’s return. As Dêmantîn refuses, they fight in single combat. Thebrant is defeated; then, all the other knights attacking Dêmantîn are defeated or killed.
Motif References:
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat
BvHDe-4239:
When the desperate king asks for advice, the cunning Kamân reproaches him for being so patient with Sirgamôt: if he had taken her by force, there would be no such problem now. He suggests that he could pursue Dêmantîn and Sirgamôt together with 40 knights. Old Gandêr objects by warning the king of treacherous Kamân. He develops a plan: assault Dêmantîn’s country. The king agrees, promises reward for Gandêr, who has not worn armor for 20 years, but is eager to pursue and fight Dêmantîn.
Motif References:
P 14.15.1 (Old wise) Counsellor of court
H 1221.1 Old warrior longs for more adventure
W 212 Eagerness for combat
BvHDe-4309:
The king gives him the horse Cyllarân: it was sent to him from Greece and belonged to Pullêbin, who fought and died in the service of a queen. The king of Greece had the horse sent for and weighed it in gold. Gandêr gets armed and jumps on his horse; his old wife wrings her hands and cries over this unwise decision. Gandêr finds his way: follows lance-splinters and cadavers of horses.
Motif References:
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady
BvHDe-4367:
On the tenth day, when Gandêr thinks that he has lost Dêmantîn, he meets a knight on the hunt with a hawk. He asks if he has met a young lady from Greece, bride of the king of Antîoch, who had been abducted by a knight.
Motif References:
BvHDe-4398:
The knight tells him that his son Dythalt, who swore to his lady to see her again only after having unhorsed ten knights, was killed in single combat with Dêmantîn. He tries to dissuade old Gandêr from carrying out his plan, and then offers to accompany him. They soon meet Dêmantîn, Sirgamôt, Delyâ.
Motif References:
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of a lady
BvHDe-4457:
Gandêr praises Dêmantîn’s valor, but warns him against the consequences of the abduction (war). He mentions that he knew Dêmantîn’s father who was killed by Antîs of Pulle because of a lady. He offers a peaceful solution of the conflict if Dêmantîn returns Sirgamôt. They refuse.
Motif References:
BvHDe-4529:
Furious single combat between Gandêr and Dêmantîn (he fights with lances from the cart he took from the schenke). They fight first with lances, then, when they have both come off their horses, with swords. Gandêr destroys Dêmantîn’s shield; Dêmantîn regains strength after exclaiming Sirgamôt’s name.
Motif References:
P 550.2 (Li) single combat
F 1084 Furious battle
BvHDe-4666:
When Gandêr finally loses his sword, Dêmantîn allows him to pick it up. Gandêr surrenders.
Motif References:
P 50 Noblemen
R 75 Surrendering
BvHDe-4688:
Gandêr mourns for his son who fought at the adventure at Phêamant. Dêmantîn reassures him that he is still alive: He was one of the 100 knights who came out of the rock face after a knight (Dêmantîn modestly holds back his name) had killed the knight of the adventure, whose corpse was taken under the water by the lady; the fountain disappeared then. Dêmantîn proceeds to Antrîûn. On his way, he meets a messenger who was sent to meet him. He sends him back with news about his and Sirgamôt’s arrival.
Motif References:
W 47 (Hi) Humility and modesty
F 934.4 Lake disappears
D 2188 Magic disappearance
F 375 Mortals as captives in fairyland
R 112.3 Rescue from fairy stronghold
BvHDe-4766:
The messenger announces Dêmantîn’s arrival with most beautiful Sirgamôt to the knights waiting in front of the doors. Ortân, the cup-bearer, recognizes the beautiful lady as Sirgamôt, to whom he once brought the sparrow-hawk. He also praises Sirgamôt’s beauty.
Motif References:
F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman
BvHDe-4792:
Dêmantîn and Sirgamôt are greeted by his retainers. The ladies welcome Sirgamôt. Wedding takes place.
Motif References:
BvHDe-4868:
On his way home, Gandêr jousts with his unrecognized son, Gêrant, whom he only recognizes when he exclaims the name of his lady, “Alye”. Gandêr identifies himself. Gêrant enquires about Alye and his mother. Gandêr tells him that both ladies mourned him during the 20 years of his absence. Then he gives an account of his quest: pursuit of the abductor of his king’s bride who has been left a virgin on her request for a year. Gandêr adds that the abductor killed the girl’s guard, but, on the other hand, liberated him, Gêrant. Gandêr then tells king Eghart of Antîoch about the events. The king gets angry and wants revenge.
Motif References:
N 731.2 Father-son combat
H 151.10 Combat of unknown brothers [relatives] brings about recognition
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat
H 79.3 Recognition by voice
R 225 Elopement
T 165.2 One year to elapse between ceremony and consummation of marriage
J 865 Consolation by thinking of some good aspect of a situation
BvHDe-4983:
The king asks his counselors how to take revenge. Fandrât suggests he should inform Sirgamôt’s father, the king of Greece, about his daughter’s deed and so to get help from him. Fandrât himself is entrusted with this task. He leaves with ten knights.
Motif References:
P 14.15.2 Court messenger
BvHDe-5014:
In Greece, the king prepares to travel to his daughter’s wedding, which takes place a year after she has been sent to her future husband.
Motif References:
T 134 Conduct of bridal couple before ceremony
BvHDe-5023:
Fandrât tells the king that his daughter has been abducted by Dêmantîn. The king blames himself, and his wife reproaches him for separating the lovers Dêmantîn and Sirgamôt. She mentions the sparrow-hawk and the wreath of roses that Dêmantîn sent to her. She advises her husband to concede, but he wants to take revenge and repudiates his daughter.
Motif References:
BvHDe-5081:
The king sends messengers to summon his army. His retainers swear support in war with Dêmantîn. Also Eghart of Antîoch prepares his army in the meantime. Dêmantîn gets military aid from 800 of his friends and kinsmen. His opponents’ army consists of 5000 knights.
Motif References:
P 557.0.3 (Li) Military aid
BvHDe-5118:
Antrîûn is besieged. An army camp is erected on the plain surrounding the castle: The tents are very precious and decorated with jewels – though he is a layman, Bertolt knows their names: enormous rubies, diamonds and chalcedons. A big ball of gold sits on the top of the tent.
Motif References:
F 775 Extraordinary tent
F 826 Extraordinary jewels
P 557.0.4 (Li) Siege
BvHDe-5148:
Dêmantîn makes a sally together with his followers. The Greek Dolyfân, son of Count Anthart, notices him and prepares for combat. Dolyfân’s horse has a precious cover which his lady made for him.
Motif References:
BvHDe-5181:
The battle between Dêmantîn’s army and the armies of the kings of Greece and of Antîoch begins with a furious fight (many die, sparks emanate from swords) between Dêmantîn’s and Dolyfân’s troops (series of single combats). Dêmantîn instantly unhorses Dolyfân. Dêmantîn and his knights fight ferociously and kill many enemies.
Motif References:
P 550.1 (Li) Battle. War
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat
F 1084 Furious battle
F 628.2 Strong man kills men
BvHDe-5293:
Dêmantîn has a council of war, as he fears that the enemy’s army is too vast; his cup-bearer Ortûn and Count Edbart advise him to fight.
Motif References:
P 557.0.1 (Li) Council of war
BvHDe-5348:
Sirgamôt deplores her lot; cries and clings to Dêmantîn. She fears that her father could die in war, but would rather lose her father than her beloved one. Dêmantîn promises to evade that conflict. Battle is taken up again.
Motif References:
BvHDe-5423:
Single combat between Andifôr and Dêmantîn, during which Andifôr exclaims the name of his lady. The thought of Sirgamôt makes Dêmantîn gain strength. Andifôr surrenders and praises his conqueror. Dêmantîn sends his captive to the queen Modassîne, Sirgamôt’s mother. Andifôr praises Dêmantîn’s courage and virtue. Modassîne releases him and turns to her husband, still reproaching him for his unwise conduct. He stays adamant.
Motif References:
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat
P 555.4 Defeated sent under oath to king
BvHDe-5543:
Many mercenaries arrive in Antrîûn. Dubbing ceremonies are set.
Motif References:
P 54 (Bm) Knighting custom
BvHDe-5555:
Ortânmîn of Langbarten, who is on a quest for adventure in the service of his lady, comes to Antrîûn. He jousts with Ortûn, Dêmantîn’s cup-bearer, and unhorses him; then, he attacks other knights. Dêmantîn drives him back. Ortânmîn refuses to fight in the service of the king of Antîoch, as he only fights in search for adventure. He praises Dêmantîn’s courage.
Motif References:
H 1221 Quest for adventure
BvHDe-5629:
Every day, knights who are eager for combat come to Antrîûn. Many lances are tilted, many knights and their horses die. Tervagâmîs, one of Dêmantîn’s warriors, asks the kings of Antîoch and Greece for the permission to get supplied with lances, so to guarantee equal conditions for both sides and thus to fulfill their duties towards their ladies. The king concedes. Fighting continues.
Motif References:
W 212 Eagerness for combat
BvHDe-5777:
The queen of Greece, Modassîne, tries again to put her husband off the war with Dêmantîn. She compares his unwise conduct to that of a king who prefers a crow to a falcon (Blaufußfalke) when going on a hunt: it is unwise to help the king of Antîoch against the one who should be his son-in-law.
Motif References:
BvHDe-5820:
As all his knights are defeated by Dêmantîn, the Greek king decides to participate in battle. He unhorses Hâel, then, perceiving Dêmantîn, whom he recognizes by his shield, quickly buys a lance from a merchant, and attacks him. Dêmantîn unhorses him instantly, draws his sword and praises his opponent’s courage. He says he would surrender to him, if it was not dishonorable. Dêmantîn advises him to stick to his promise given to the king of Antîoch. He will never refrain from loving Sirgamôt.
Motif References:
P 555 Defeat in battle
BvHDe-5960:
Dêmantîn at first refuses to fight the king, as this would make Sirgamôt sad. Then he agrees to single combat. He dismounts from his horse, draws his sword (they now fight under equal conditions): furious single combat between Dêmantîn and the king of Greece. The king stumbles and surrenders.
Motif References:
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat
F 1084 Furious battle
R 75 Surrendering
BvHDe-6005:
Dêmantîn sends the defeated king as captive to Modassîne, who releases him. She praises the hero’s generosity and makes another attempt to appease her husband. The king is in a dilemma: He swore by his crown to kill Dêmantîn to the king of Antîoch, but now he has learned to appreciate him.
Motif References:
P 555.4 Defeated sent under oath to king [queen]
BvHDe-6085:
At a ford, the knight Candimôn jousts with Tervagâmîs; both fight in service of their ladies; Candimôn is killed.
Motif References:
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat
BvHDe-6135:
Meanwhile in England: At Pentecost, the queen and her ladies amuse themselves watching the knights joust.
Motif References:
P 561 Tournament
BvHDe-6170:
A beautiful and well-known lady, a harlot, arrives on a preciously decorated horse. She brings tidings of Dêmantîn’s war with the kings of Antîoch and Greece which has been caused by Dêmantîn’s abduction of Sirgamôt and his killing her guard, the schenke. Now her father wages war to win back his daughter and besieges Antrîûn.
Motif References:
P 190 Other social orders – miscellaneous
BvHDe-6228:
Firganant decides to leave on his own to help Dêmantîn. Bêâmunt, who objects at first, is told to follow him with an army of knights.
Motif References:
W 212 Eagerness for combat
H 1229 Quests voluntarily undertaken – miscellaneous
BvHDe-6407:
Firganant travels from England to Antrîûn. A forester gives him directions: he tells him to travel to a margrave’s country (ten days’ journey). The margrave will certainly escort him to Dêmantîn. On the tenth day of his journey (during which he passed by only small villages, not towns), a serf he meets gives him further directions.
Motif References:
BvHDe-6475:
Firganant will soon arrive at a castle that once belonged to the virtuous and munificent Margrave Fandorîch, who had to surrender (by handing over his sword) – together with 20 of his followers – to a strong knight with an eagle as coat-of-arms. Fandorîch’s lands now are under his command. The knight also demands payment of toll from anyone passing by the castle. When Firganant arrives at the gate, the gate-keeper regrets that he has to demand payment of toll of him. He warns him against fighting with his master. Firganant enters the town.
Motif References:
R 75 Surrendering
P 550.1.1 (Li) Aggression: rebellion, usurpation, invasion. Assault
P 91 (Li) Heraldic figures and symbols – coat of arms
P 532 Payment of tax [tribute]
P 52.0.3 (Bm) Knight demands tribute of all who pass through his domain
P 15.3 King loses his kingdom to impostor
BvHDe-6561:
Firganant gets accommodation. His host and his wife treat him well: his horse is cared for, his armor is replaced by a scarlet garment, and he is seated next to his host’s daughter. When the bailiff makes inquiries about him, the host tells him that he will pay the toll for his guest. After the meal, a bed is prepared for him (with a quilt, two sheets and a bedcover). The following morning, the host refuses Firganant’s offer of payment for accommodation and also offers to pay his toll. Firganant refuses (he prefers to fight).
Motif References:
P 324.1 Host treats guest with food and everything possible
BvHDe-6678:
When the bailiff demands payment of toll of Firganant, he refuses, as armed knights and pages do not have to pay toll: in accordance with Karl’s law, all public routes are free from payment of toll.
Motif References:
P 110 Royal ministers
P 552 Laws
P 532 Payment of tax
BvHDe-6719:
Furious single combat between Firganant and the bailiff. Both exclaim the names of their ladies.
Motif References:
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat
F 1084 Furious battle
BvHDe-6741:
Firganant’s ancestry: his father was Assuntîn of Portigâl, his mother a French princess, daughter of a king, whom his father abducted. Firganant’s coat-of-arms is a dragon.
Motif References:
T 69 Wooing – miscellaneous
R 10.1 Princess (maiden) abducted
P 91 (Li) Heraldic figures and symbols – coat of arms
BvHDe-6753:
The bailiff is astonished by his opponent’s strength and courage. He offers to grant him a year’s respite from the payment of toll. Firganant refuses – he wants to fight for the margrave, the lawful lord of this country, and kills him.
Motif References:
P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat]
BvHDe-6790:
Firganant leaves. 400 knights, who watched the fight from the pinnacles, pursue him. He drives back or kills many of his pursuers, who withdraw.
Motif References:
R 260 Pursuits
F 614.10 Strong man fights whole army alone
L 325.1 (Bm) Victory over superior force: one against many
BvHDe-6907:
Firganant rides through the woods for three days and nights without eating, as there is not a single human dwelling there.
Motif References:
BvHDe-6933:
On the fourth day, he meets a dwarf who is so small that he does not even reach up to his belt. The dwarf greets him as a king, though he does not even know him.
Motif References:
F 451.2.1.1 Dwarves are small
BvHDe-6964:
The dwarf [Chomandîôn] blows his horn (which is made of a sapphire) and summons a man who brings two horses. They are whiter than snow and small as does. Their precious saddlery is made of jewels (ruby, gold, jachant). An incandescent jewel adorns the horse’s head. The dwarf himself wears precious garments decorated with jewels and pearls (made by ladies) (7001). The cloak is luminous.
Motif References:
B 731.0.1 Animals of strange and varied coloring
B 739 Fanciful color, smell etc. of animals – miscellaneous
F 868 Extraordinary saddle [saddlery]
D 1645 Incandescent jewel
F 826 Extraordinary jewels
F 821.1 Dress of extraordinary material
F 899 Other extraordinary objects
F 451.2.7 Dress of dwarf
F 451.7.4 Dwarf king has extraordinary tool
F 451.7.5 Dwarfs have little horses
BvHDe-7018:
They arrive at the dwarf-king’s castle Taiphân, where they are received by knights and pages outside the gates. They dismount from their horses and enter. Two of the dwarf-king’s court-giants (they are as tall as 14-year-old boys!) take care of their horses and help their lord take off his armor. Taiphân is built of marble with large gates: Firganant is able to enter without stooping.
Motif References:
F 4151.4.3.6 Dwarfs’ castle of gold [marble]
F 451.4.5.1 Dwarfs are ruled by a king
F 451.5.4 Mortal goes to land of dwarfs
F 771 Extraordinary castle (house, Place)
F 771.5.2 Castle guarded by giants (ogres)
F 451.10 Dwarfs and other supernatural beings
F 531.2 Size of giant
F 531.6.15.3 Giants and dwarfs friendly
BvHDe-7052:
Firganant is greeted by the dwarf-king’s wife and her ladies. The queen calls him by his name and praises his courage, then takes him by the hand and leads him to the table. He is seated on a precious fabric. The ladies – also giantesses, as they are as tall as 10-year-old girls, whereas the dwarfs are as tall as 5-year-olds – serve drinks in precious drinking-vessels of sapphire, Chalcedon, gold.
Motif References:
P 320 Hospitality
F 531.2 Size of giant
F 451.2.1.1 Dwarfs are small
BvHDe-7120:
Beautiful frescoes decorate the room. The dwarf-king explains them with the help of written explanations: They depict all his underkings and vassals. The wicked kings are shown with their feet up [standing on their heads], the good ones in precious clothes; among those is Dêmantîn, who is described as the mightiest and most virtuous. He is besieged by two kings, as he, Chomandîôn, knows from Ophantus, his highest god. Firganant himself is the one who directly follows Dêmantîn in rank.
Motif References:
F 451.4.3 Description of dwarf home
F 781 Extraordinary rooms
H 619 Other symbolic interpretations
Z 100 Symbolism
D 1810.9 Magic knowledge from God
BvHDe-7143:
Chomandîôn gives an account of his descent and kingdom: he rules over 100 other kings and many other nobles; those who tried to resist him were defeated with the giants’ help. He also knows France, the German countries, Spain and Greece.
Motif References:
F 451.4.5.1 Dwarfs are ruled by a king
F 451.10 Dwarfs and other supernatural beings
F 531.6.15.3 Giants and dwarfs friendly
BvHDe-7241:
Digression concerning chivalry: Open your house to good knights; mercenaries (Pfundsöldner) are not reliable, as they are born as peasants; a knight is born to fight and will never flee.
Motif References:
BvHDe-7348:
On the eighth day of his sojourn, Firganant wants to take leave. Chomandîôn escorts him (together with dwarf-knights, -ladies, and “giantesses”) and asks him to stay unarmed so to give a sign of his trust in the dwarf-king’s authority.
Motif References:
BvHDe-7431:
Chomandîôn praises generosity as the main virtue of a king. It guarantees the loyalty of retainers. He himself has 500 “giants” in his service. Christ (God) as shining example of virtuous ruler.
Motif References:
W 11.2 Munificent monarch
P 12 Character of kings
BvHDe-7479:
Dwarfs perform mounted games (behourd) during their journey.
Motif References:
BvHDe-7484:
From the top of a hill, they perceive the dwarfs’ camp erected on a plain; the tents are the size of two ladies’ cloaks.
Motif References:
F 775 Extraordinary tent
BvHDe-7508:
Dwarfs arrange a tournament (pas d’armes), a “forestspil” in Firganant’s honor. Chomandîôn sitting on a carpet is armed with the maidens’ help. He mounts his horse without using stirrups using “Chomandîôn” as war-cry; he defeats different knights in joust.
Motif References:
P 561 Tournaments
W 32 Bravery
BvHDe-7571:
In one of the precious tents (silk ropes, jeweled fabrics), the courtly dance of the dwarfs takes place. Firganant has two “giantesses” and the dwarf-queen as partners. (7592)
Motif References:
F 775 Extraordinary tent
BvHDe-7641:
Firganant asks for leave. Chomandîôn offers jewels as gifts, but Firganant answers in a courtly way: the hospitality he has been treated with was worth more than any goods offered. Firganant and Chomandîôn get armed, mount their horses and leave. Chomandîôn escorts his guest to the country of Duke Flôrandâmîs (the most beautiful country Firganant has ever seen), who will accommodate Firganant and show him the way to Dêmantîn. Chomandîôn takes leave.
Motif References:
BvHDe-7741:
Firganant comes to a locus amoenus (trees, rose-bushes, clover), where he encounters a beautiful lady on horseback. She cries (tears stream down her face into her lap) and claps her hands with grief. She has been mourning for her suitor, whom she followed on his quest, for the past eight days. He has been badly wounded by Flôrandâmîs, who does not permit the injuries to be tended. She wants to kill herself if he dies. Firganant warns her against doing so (her soul will be lost).
Motif References:
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of lady
T 85 Woman mourns [possibly] dead lover
BvHDe-7842:
The lady prays that God may join their souls.
Motif References:
V 50 Prayer
BvHDe-7859:
Firganant offers help, but she objects, as not even the requests of Flôrandâmîs’ own wife Firamîe and 1000 ladies who threw themselves at his feet made him change his mind (he left them lying on the floor and went away). She agrees to accompany him to Flôrandâmîs, who welcomes him and offers him joust or friendly accommodation.
Motif References:
W 155 Hardness of heart
BvHDe-7909:
Firganant utters his request, but Flôrandâmîs refuses again, as the knight killed one of his favorite followers. Firganant declares himself as knight in service of the lady and challenges him to single combat.
Motif References:
P 52.2 (Li) Knight in service of lady
P 556.0.1 (Bm) challenge to single combat [feud]
BvHDe-7955:
Furious single combat between Firganant and Flôrandâmîs. Both their horses die. They fight first with lances, then with swords (sparks fly). Both exclaim the names of their ladies (Firamîe, Bêâmunt).
Motif References:
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat
F 1084 Furious battle [fight]
BvHDe-8022:
Flôrandâmîs is defeated. He offers goods and lands to Firganant, who is the first to defeat him. Firganant only demands that the wounded knights’ injuries are cared for. Flôrandâmîs agrees.
Motif References:
P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat]
BvHDe-8065:
The lady gladly rides to town, where she is welcomed by the duchess, Firamîe, and knights and ladies. The duchess comes to meet Firganant; she is glad that he defeated her husband, as the knight’s life is now saved. Firganant gets accommodation, is disarmed and dressed in a precious garment. Then, he meets the wounded knight and his lady. The knight, Deyrant, thanks him and offers to replace the horse he lost.
Motif References:
BvHDe-8200:
On the fourth day of his stay, Firganant leaves for Antrîûn. Flôrandâmîs assigns a messenger to him as an escort. The lady and the duchess dress and arm the hero. He leaves, only accompanied by the page (unusual behavior).
Motif References:
BvHDe-8241:
They travel through a wood (which has an extension of 20 miles, journey takes three days). The first night they spend in a village that is situated along the free road that traverses the woods, the second at a fountain. They light a fire, and the page serves Firganant from their mantle sacks. When Firganant invites the page to sit down beside him, the man refuses, as this would be unseemly.
Motif References:
BvHDe-8331:
They finally arrive at a castle situated on Dêmantîn’s territory. But the burgrave of Ampholeit, as Firganant learns from his companion, has deserted to one of the kings besieging Dêmantîn, as they offered higher reward. Firganant jousts with the burgrave and instantly unhorses him.
Motif References:
K 2247 Treacherous lord
P 614 (Bm) Bribes
P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat]
BvHDe-8371:
Firganant gives one of the horses he brought with him to the page as reward.
Motif References:
Q 114 Gifts as reward
BvHDe-8375:
They turn towards a town situated by a brook. A knight receives Firganant as his guest. The page takes leave. Firganant learns from his host that he is within a one-day’s journey of Antrîûn, which is besieged by the kings of Greece and Antîoch for the Greek princess, a most beautiful lady. The following day, the knight escorts Firganant to the road that leads directly to Antrîûn. As the broad road is much traveled, Firganant decides to enter the town by night on a narrow path.
Motif References:
BvHDe-8479:
At dawn, he perceives a knight dressed in precious, jeweled garments. Firganant thinks he is a sentry. They fight in furious single combat.
Motif References:
P 550.2 (Li) Single combat
F 1084 Furious battle [fight]
N 767.1 (Bm) Unwitting combat between friends
P 314 Combat of disguised friends
BvHDe-8591:
Firganant’s opponent finally recognizes him when he exclaims Bêâmunt’s name: it is Dêmantîn. They take off their helmets and embrace each other.
Motif References:
H 152 Recognition through accidental encounter
H 19 Recognition through common knowledge – miscellaneous
BvHDe-8643:
Dêmantîn tells his friend that he has been waiting there in order to fight Tervagâmîs of Yberne, who killed Candimôn. He is also eager to fight Ortanmîn of Langbarten. Firganant says that he learned about his friend’s distress from a harlot.
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BvHDe-8741:
In front of the doors of Antrîûn, they fight the enemy’s sentries and kill three of them (one is the burgrave), three flee and tell their kings that Dêmantîn and another knight with a dragon as coat-of-arms fought them.
Motif References:
L 325 (Bm) Victory over superior force
P 91 (Li) Heraldic figures and symbols – coat-of-arms
BvHDe-8776:
Firganant and Dêmantîn are welcomed in Antrîûn. Firganant announces Bêâmunt’s arrival with an army and retires to his lodgings. He generously equips Dêmantîn’s entourage and family with garments. In the meantime, the fighting on the plain around Antrîûn continues. Ladies watch the knights from the pinnacles.
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BvHDe-8873:
Firganant gets armed. He unhorses a knight, then attacks Tervagâmîs (who bears a red shield with a prancing lion), unhorses him, but about 20 knights come to his aid. Dêmantîn comes to support Firganant. They fight ferociously, then return into town. On the king’s order, they open their saddle straps during the fight.
Motif References:
P 91 (Li) Heraldic figures and symbols – coat-of -arms
BvHDe-8991:
The kings of Greece and Antîoch have a council of war when learning about the defeat of Tervagâmîs by Dêmantîn; Tervagâmîs advises them to make peace, but Eghart of Antîoch wants to fight; he promises half his kingdom as reward for the one who brings back Sirgamôt.
Motif References:
P 557.0.1 (Li) Council of war
BvHDe-9066:
Dêmantîn and Firganant have a council of war; they form a military strategy: Firganant will first leave with 100 knights, then, in case they are defeated, another 100 shall be sent to the battlefield, then another 100.
Motif References:
P 557.0.1 (Li) Council of war
P 550 Military affairs
BvHDe-9108:
The following morning, Firganant leaves the castle; he meets Ertgêr of Dassilân, who fights in the service of his lady Andifoie. Also Firganant reveals his identity and mentions that he fights in Bêâmunt’s service. They fight in furious single combat. Sparks fly from swords and helmets. They exclaim the names of their ladies. Their horses die. Ertgêr surrenders to Firganant, who refuses to accept his lands, but sends him as captive to Sirgamôt, who will certainly release him.
Motif References:
P 550.2 (Li) single combat
F 1084 Furious battle [fight]
BvHDe-9266:
On their return to town, they meet four knights (Kêmân, Sundifâr and two others), who attack them; Firganant kills Kêmân and unhorses Sundifâr, the other two flee. Firganant and his captive now have new horses. Dêmantîn comes to meet them. Ertgêr tells Firganant and Dêmantîn that he has come to Antrîûn only in his lady’s service and never belonged to the hostile army. He promises to support Firganant and Dêmantîn.
Motif References:
L 325 (Bm) Victory over superior force
BvHDe-9355:
Battle begins. Dêmantîn unhorses the king of Antîoch. The war-cry of Firganant’s and Dêmantîn’s army is “Bêâmunt”. Dêmantîn and Firganant have to retreat because of the enemy’s superiority. Many dead on both sides. Firganant and Dêmantîn reward their knights richly.
Motif References:
P 550.1 (Li) Battle. War
P 557 Military customs
BvHDe-9521:
The queen of Greece tries again to mediate on Dêmantîn’s behalf. Again, her husband refuses, as he has sworn to the king of Antîoch to support him to win back Sirgamôt. Bertold names himself.
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BvHDe-9603:
Bêâmunt, who comes with reinforcements, has a council of war. Dêmartôn of Scotland advises her to summon the Court, so Bêâmunt sends messengers and gives pay for the knights. Germans, Wälsche and heathens participate. The princes hold a council. Dêmartôn’s suggestion for an army formation is accepted by the others and Bêâmunt: 20 princes with 10 nobles each; 20 knights for each noble; five princes lead a troop. Dêmartôn praises them. Bêâmunt gives rewards.
Motif References:
P 557.0.1 (Li) Council of war (Li)
P 552 Battle formations
P 557.0.3 (Li) Military aid (alliance)
BvHDe-9981:
Dêmartôn leaves to visit the princes who guarantee support in war. They refuse presents offered by Bêâmunt, as they have only come to fight in her honor and in service of their ladies.
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BvHDe-10051:
Bêâmunt gives orders to her marshal and her chamberlain to provide the knights and the ladies with garments and horses.
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BvHDe-10129:
Bêâmunt’s dress itself is embroidered with jewels and pearls, depicting animals.
Motif References:
F 821 Extraordinary dress (clothes, robe, etc.)
BvHDe-10145:
Bêâmunt’s marshal, cup-bearer and chamberlain suggest departure; they join the army.
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BvHDe-10201:
Army departs with trombones, drums, horns. Messengers care for army provisions (they pay well for them).
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BvHDe-10247:
In the evening, they pitch their camp on the banks of a river. The heathen king Berichel of Marroch (Morocco) leaves the camp. He unhorses a sentry, whose name he learns after some communication problems, as Berichel is a heathen with only little knowledge of French: The knight is Tefilant, in the service of Margrave Fandorîch, whose territory they traverse. Berichel accepts that Bêâmunt’s army will not do any harm to his lord. Fandorîch comes to meet Bêâmunt. He offers to support her, as he feels obliged to Firganant, who killed the bailiff who once occupied his lands and menaced his knights.
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BvHDe-10404:
Army proceeds to Fandorîch’s town which is still governed by the knights of the treacherous bailiff. A perilous bridge leads over the moat to the castle: When people step on it, it gets preponderance, and a tower comes up, out of which a portcullis falls down. A French prince (Watsêr) is careless: He and 200 knights are trapped and attacked by the town’s knights. When the warriors realize their distress they furiously attack and defeat their opponents.
Motif References:
F 776.2 Perilous falling gate
F 842.2.1 Perilous trap bridge
R 170 Rescue – miscellaneous motifs
BvHDe-10500:
The town surrenders to Bêâmunt. She has the town council sent for and tells them to swear loyalty to Fandorîch, who will forgive them. Fandorîch first objects. He is angry about the desertion of the burghers by the bailiff, whom he trusted once and who usurped his country. He finally accepts on Anfissân’s advice and Bêâmunt’s mediation, as forgiveness is one of a prince’s main virtues. Burghers swear loyalty. Reconciliation.
Motif References:
R 75.1 Defeated surrender their city
K 2370 Miscellaneous deceptions
K 2247 Treacherous lord
M 150 Other vows and oaths
BvHDe-10622:
Fandorîch joins Bêâmunt’s army. Segufar gives rings and jewels to Bêâmunt as sign of gratitude toward Firganant. The army does not do any damage to the countries they cross, as they have everything they need with them. (10667)
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BvHDe-10691:
When the kings of Antîoch and Greece learn about Bêâmunt’s arrival, they summon their armies (10,000 men).
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BvHDe-10738:
Bêâmunt’s scouts make inquiries about the size of the hostile army. They fight with the hostile scouts. They advise Bêâmunt to arrange a battle formation similar to that of the enemy: four troops. Bêâmunt’s army proceeds to the plain around besieged Antrîûn.
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BvHDe-10805:
Battle: One troop fights after the other. Series of single combats between the knights. Dêmantîn’s war-cry: “Bêâmunt”. Knights fight in their ladies’ service. Dêmantîn fights ferociously; kills many men.
Motif References:
P 550.1 (Li) battle. War
F 1084 Furious battle [fight]
P 550.2 (Li) single combat
P 557 Military customs
F 628.2 Strong man kills men
BvHDe-11129:
The king of Antîoch surrenders to Dêmantîn together with his 500 knights; Tervagâmîs surrenders as well, then the king of Greece to Firganant. 1000 knights are captured. Others have fled. Army camp is pitched. The captured knights and the king are sent back to their camp. The queen of Greece comforts her defeated husband.
Motif References:
P 555 Defeat in battle [single combat]
R 75 Surrendering
R 5 Capture on field of battle
BvHDe-11273:
Bêâmunt thanks her prin-ces for their support. She criticizes her hus-band, Firganant, who has not taken any op-portunity to see her after a year’s separation.
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BvHDe-11310:
Firganant embraces his wife, and then he welcomes her princes. Sirgamôt then receives Bêâmunt and Dêmantîn. Firganant and Bêâmunt celebrate their reunion.
Motif References:
T 298 Reconciliation of [separated] couple
BvHDe-11389:
Bêâmunt summons the court to discuss the fate of the captured kings. Modassîne, the Greek queen, and the remarkably beautiful Sirgamôt also participate. Bêâmunt offers to release the king of Antîoch and his followers in exchange for Sirgamôt. He gives in only because of his captured knights. He reproaches Sirgamôt with her behavior (left her a virgin, did everything for her); she tells him of the love she always felt for Dêmantîn, who sent the sparrow-hawk to her. Finally reconciliation with him and with her father is settled. All captives are released.
Motif References:
P 510 Law courts
M 220 Other bargains
F 575.1 Remarkably beautiful woman
BvHDe-11592:
Feast and wedding take place. The king and Queen of Greece abdicate in Dêmantîn’s and Sirgamôt’s favor. Knights and towns swear loyalty. Dêmantiîn becomes a wise and just ruler.
Motif References:
P 17.0.2 Son [son-in-law] succeeds father as king
P 12 Character of kings
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