Sitara, the land of the human soul

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Sitara, the land of the human soul . An oriental fairy tale - under this title Karl May gavea lectureon December 8, 1909 in the Augsburg Schießgrabensaal. The manuscript was published as a facsimile in1989by Karl May Verlag .

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The fairy tale of Sitara was first formulated by Karl May in the Augsburg lecture in the form in which he then used it, somewhat modified, as an introduction to his autobiography Mein Leben und Streben . For him the star Sitara is the spiritual image of the earth and the life of the people should consist of the striving from Ardistan to Jinnistan . For May, reaching this goal is the solution to the human question .

Book editions

In 2000 the text was included in the Collected Works , Volume 81 Abdahn Effendi .

Current editions can be found in the book database of the Freundeskreis Karl May Leipzig eV

reception

Arno Schmidt in Sitara and the way there saw this place as a symbol for the ( homoerotic ) love fulfillment that Karl May dreamed of in his opinion. However, this view has now been refuted.

Remarks

  1. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Sitara#Das_Märchen_von_Sitara
  2. ↑ Heinz Stolte, Gerhard Klußmeier: Arno Schmidt & Karl May. A necessary clarification. Hansa-Verlag, Hamburg 1973, ISBN 3-920421-21-3 .

literature

  • Ernst Seybold: Catechism truths in May's Augsburg Sitara fairy tales. In: Karl May congratulations. II. Collection , Ergersheim 1989, pp. 91-118.
  • Ekkehard Bartsch: Sitara, the land of the human soul. An oriental fairy tale. In: Gert Ueding (Ed.): Karl-May-Handbuch. Publishing house Königshausen & Neumann Würzburg 2001, p. 470 f. ISBN 3-8260-1813-3

Web links

Works by Karl May


Early work (1875–1883)

The Book of Love  • Geographical sermons (in “ Schacht und Hütte ”) • The two Quitzow's last voyages  • Caught on the sea  • Scepter and hammer  • In the far west  • The Ranger  • The Jewel Island
Groups of shorter texts: adventure stories (including Old Firehand  • The Oil Prince ) • Erzgebirge village stories  • Stories about the old Dessauer  • Historical stories  • Humoresques

Colportage novels (1882–1888)

The forest rose  • The Uhlan's love  • The lost son  • German hearts - German heroes  • The way to happiness

Travel stories (1892–1899)

Through the desert and harem ( through the desert ) • Through wild Kurdistan  • From Baghdad to Stambul  • In the gorges of the Balkans  • Through the land of the Skipetaren  • The Schut  • Winnetou I – III  • Oranges and dates  • On the Pacific Ocean  • On the Rio de la Plata  • In the Cordillera  • Old Surehand I  • Old Surehand II  • In the land of the Mahdi I – III  • Old Surehand III  • Satan and Ischariot I – III  • On strange paths  • “Christmas!”  • In the realm of the silver lion I- II  • On the afterlife
special case: The rose of Kaïrwan

Youth narratives (1887–1897)

The son of the bear hunter  • The spirit of the Llano estakado  • Kong-Kheou, the word of honor ( The blue-red Methuselah ) • The slave caravan  • The treasure in the Silver Lake  • The legacy of the Inca  • The oil prince  • The black mustang
Groups of shorter texts: illustration texts  • Texts below the pseudonym Hobble-Frank

Late work (1900–1910)

Heavenly thoughts  • In the realm of the silver lion III  • Erzgebirge village stories  • In the realm of the silver lion IV  • And peace on earth!  • Babel and the Bible  • Ardistan and Jinnistan I – II  • Winnetou IV  • My life and striving

Other works (1896–1912)

The joys and sorrows of a widely read person  • Serious sounds (contains, among others, Ave Maria ) • Three questions of humanity  • Sitara, the land of the human  soul • Up into the realm of noble men