Satan and Iscariot I – III
Satan and Ischariot , a story by Karl May , first appeared in three parts in the weekly magazine Deutscher Hausschatz in word and picture . The parts have been published in the Deutsches Hausschatz without a common title.
content
The overall plot of the trilogy spans a period of several years and is not told chronologically but with flashbacks. The content is about the pursuit of the villain family Melton, who lead the heroes across different continents. In the three volumes Satan and Iscariot , Harry, Thomas and Jonathan Melton are at the center of the exciting plot:
Harry Melton
Old Shatterhand meets the Mormon Harry Melton in the "Meson de Madrid" of Guaymas in Mexico , where he recruits Germans to work for the owner of the Hacienda del Arroyo, Timoteo Pruchillo, whose contracts are written in such a way that they are tied to the Hacienda del Arroyo are. Later he has the hacienda attacked and burned down by his allies, the Yumas, so that he can buy the property and the mercury mine Almaden alto from the previous owner cheaply. The recruited workers and their relatives are taken to Almaden alto, where they have to mine mercury for him in captivity. Old Shatterhand manages to free them again and to take Harry Melton prisoner. Melton is extradited to the Yuma chief "Cunning Snake", but is able to escape. As Hudson's clerk, he sneaks into attorney Fred Murphy's office to cover up his nephew Jonathan's frauds regarding old Hunter's fortune. On the run from Old Shatterhand, Winnetou and Emery Bothwell , he is murdered by his brother Thomas while fighting over the only horse.
Thomas Melton
Thomas Melton, the brother of Harry Melton and father of Jonathan Melton, escaped persecution by Old Shatterhand years ago for gambling and murder by fleeing to Tunisia . There he lives under the false name Kalaf Ben Urik as a captain of the army, his superior and patron is Krüger-Bei. During the suppression of an uprising by the Uled Ayar Beduins, he runs over to them and lures Krüger-Bei into a trap in order to extort a ransom. In the course of this turmoil he also murders the millionaire's son Small Hunter, whose place is then taken by his son Jonathan in order to get his legacy. Kara Ben Nemsi takes both Meltons prisoner, but they break free and flee to New Orleans . Later, while fleeing from his pursuers Winnetou, Old Shatterhand and Emery Bothwell, he murders his own brother Harry so that he can continue to flee with his horse. After being captured again, he wants to buy himself free by betraying his son. When he can no longer see a way out, he kills himself.
Jonathan Melton
Jonathan Melton, the son of Thomas Melton and nephew of Harry Melton, looks very similar to the millionaire heir Small Hunter. He sneaks the trust of Small Hunter, travels with him to the Orient and meets his father in Tunis , who lives there under the name Kalaf Ben Urik. Thomas Melton murders Small Hunter and Jonathan takes his place to become his millionaire inheritance in America . In New Orleans he meets Judith Silberstein, who - attracted by his wealth - flees with him from Old Shatterhand, Winnetou and Emery Bothwell, who have been on his heels since Tunis. After his capture, he learns of his father's death, which leaves him completely cold. He dies in prison while serving his sentence.
Work history
“I never tolerated corrections and cuts. The reader should know me for who I am, with all mistakes and weaknesses, but not how the editor helps me. ”This is how Karl May wrote in his autobiography Mein Leben und Streben (1910). Nonetheless, the author took over the radical shortening of a magazine editor in the later book edition, although he would have had the chance to restore the original text.
After May's death, Satan and Ischariot is not added to the Radebeuler and Bamberger editions of Karl May Verlag (KMV) either. However, the three volumes received individual titles after the Second World War, with the first two ( Felsenburg , Krüger Bei ) reverting to the Hausschatz titles. For the third volume, Satan and Iscariot is used , which is also retained as the trilogy's main title .
In 1927, the deleted Heimat chapter also received a certain appreciation. Franz Kandolf , an outstanding collaborator at Karl May Verlag, edited the text for Volume 47 of the Collected Works (GW) and made the two stories Professor Vitzliputzli and When Two Hearts Divide . May's nameless linguist is nicknamed “Vitzliputzli” by Kandolf as an allusion to the scholar's fondness for ancient Indian languages. "Vitzliputzli" is a corruption of the Aztec god Huitzilopochtli , which Heinrich Heine used among others .
May's original text remains unpublished for a full 70 years until the KMV decides in 1997 to publish it in volume 79 GW as the cover story Old Shatterhand in the homeland , which gives the entire volume its name.
Magazine issue
The first publication appeared in Deutsches Hausschatz :
20th year (1893/94)
Die Felsenburg (Karl May wrote this part of the story from May to December 1891.)
No. 1, October 1893 - No. 52, September 1894
21st year (1894/95)
Krüger-Bei (In the handwriting the title is Krüger-Bei, the Lord of Hosts .)
No. 1, October 1894 - No. 33, May 1895
22nd year (1895/96)
The Hunt for the Millionaire Thief (The title comes from the editor Heinrich Keiter.)
No. 1, October 1895 - No. 46, August 1896
Book editions
Karl May's collected travel stories
- Satan and Iscariot I.
- Satan and Iscariot II
- Satan and Iscariot III
Karl May's Collected Works
- Volume 20: The rock castle
- Volume 21: Krüger Bei
- Volume 22: Satan and Iscariot
Further editions
- Current issues in the book database.
Special
In this trilogy, the first-person narrator is clearly identified with Old Shatterhand , Kara Ben Nemsi and “Dr. Karl May ”instead.
The manuscript of the third part ( The Hunt for the Millionaire Thief ) is completely preserved.
Settings
The Satan and Iscariot trilogy has been re-dramatized in recent years. However, due to producer quarrels and a change of speaker, the three parts did not appear as a single whole.
Dramatization
The first volume of the trilogy was published in 1969 by Wulf Leisner under the title Die Felsenburg. Old Shatterhand and Winnetou on the Sonora River. Open-air play based on Karl May's motifs, dramatized as a play for open-air stages and premiered on July 5, 1969 under his direction in the Kalkberg Stadium in Bad Segeberg as part of the Karl May Festival .
References and comments
- ↑ http://karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Melton
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Harry_Melton
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Thomas_Melton
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Krüger-Bei
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Jonathan_Melton
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Judith_Silberstein
- ↑ Rolf Dernen: Satan and Iscariot. From the workshop of a successful writer VIII , from: Karl May & Co. , online .
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Satan_und_Ischariot_I_(GR20)
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Satan_und_Ischariot_II_(GR21)
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Satan_und_Ischariot_III_(GR22)
- ↑ http://karl-may-hoerspiele.info/vorlageninfo.php?_id=14
- ↑ http://d-nb.info/880183713
literature
- Walther Ilmer: Introduction (to the reprint of the Karl May Society ). ( Online version )
- Walther Ilmer: Winnetou in the choral society . Special issue of the Karl May Society No. 35 ( online version )
- Helmut Mojem: Karl May: Satan and Ischariot About the peculiarity of an adventure novel with religious motifs . In: Yearbook of the Karl May Society 1989 . ( Online version )
- Dieter Sudhoff , Hartmut Vollmer (ed.): Karl Mays "Satan and Ischariot" . Karl May Studies Volume 5, Oldenburg 1999.
- Hartmut Kühne: Satan and Iscariot I – III . In: Gert Ueding (Ed.): Karl-May-Handbuch . Verlag Königshausen & Neumann Würzburg 2001, pp. 216–222. ISBN 3-8260-1813-3