Mother of God glasses
Madonna Glass is the title of the seventh children's legend in the appendix to the children's and house tales by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 207). There the title Mother-of-God-Gläschen was written . The term is also derived from this legend as a slang term for the bindweed .
content
A carter is stuck with his heavy wine cart. Then the Mother of God comes and offers her help - for a glass of wine, because she is tired and thirsty. The carter is happy to give it to her. But because he has no glass at hand, the Mother of God uses a goblet-shaped flower called bindweed to drink . Since then, the bindweed has been popularly known as the "Mother of God Glass".
origin
The legend is as children Legend no. 7 from the second edition (1819), according to Grimm's note from the Pader Börni's of family Haxthausen .
literature
- Grimm, brothers. Children's and Household Tales. Last hand edition with the original notes by the Brothers Grimm. With an appendix of all fairy tales and certificates of origin, not published in all editions, published by Heinz Rölleke. Volume 3: Original Notes, Guarantees of Origin, Afterword. Pp. 275–276, 518. Revised and bibliographically supplemented edition, Stuttgart 1994. (Reclam-Verlag; ISBN 3-15-003193-1 )
