The holy woman Kummeris
The holy woman Kummeris (original spelling : The holy woman Kummeriss ) is a legend ( ATU 706D). In the children's and house tales of the Brothers Grimm it was only in the second part of the first edition from 1815 (since no.66) in place 152 (KHM 152a) and comes from Andreas Strobl's Ovum paschale or Newly Colored Easter Ayr from 1700.
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A virgin does not want to marry out of piety. Her father wants to force her. She asks God for a beard. She will be crucified and a saint.
When a minstrel kneels in front of her picture, she drops a gold shoe. He is accused of theft, but is still allowed to see her again. As soon as he fiddled, the second shoe also falls. He is innocent.
origin
Wilhelm Grimm took over the legend from Andreas Strobl. The Brothers Grimm later published it in German Sages as The Virgin with the Beard (No. 330) after Johannes Praetorius . The fairy tale researcher Hans-Jörg Uther writes: The legend of Sorrow is first attested around 1200 in the Venus miracle Tumbeor Nostre Dame , the Spielmannswunder itself in the Netherlands at the end of the 14th century. She was u. a. Poetically designed by Justinus Kerner ( Der Geiger zu Gmünd , 1816). KHM 139 Dat Mäken von Brakel is a variation on such iconic myths. For the initial act cf. KHM 65 Allerleirauh
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Uther, Hans-Jörg: Handbook to the children's and house tales of the Brothers Grimm. Berlin 2008. pp. 457-459. (de Gruyter; ISBN 978-3-11-019441-8 )