The king's cathedral
The King's Munster is a fairy tale . It is in Ludwig Bechstein's German book of fairy tales at position 44 (1845 No. 54) and comes from August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben's magazine Altdeutsche Blätter , 1840.
content
A king builds a minster for God with his money, no one else is allowed to contribute. In gold on marble, he is the sole builder. But overnight it is the name of a poor woman. Twice he has it changed, then he recognizes God's will and calls her here. Trembling, she confesses how, despite being hungry, she strewed hay for the oxen that pulled the stones. The king sees God's judgment and his own vanity.
origin
Bechstein refers to Altdeutsche Blätter , where Fallersleben published the rhymed sermon text from a 14th-century manuscript from Melk as Ein Maere in Prose. The model is evidently Mk 12.41 EU , as in Bechstein's The Four Wise Companions .
literature
- Hans-Jörg Uther (Ed.): Ludwig Bechstein. Storybook. After the edition of 1857, text-critically revised and indexed. Diederichs, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-424-01372-2 , pp. 213-215, 388.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jörg Uther (Ed.): Ludwig Bechstein. Storybook. After the edition of 1857, text-critically revised and indexed. Diederichs, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-424-01372-2 , p. 388.