Die heilige Frau Kummernis

The holy woman Kummernis ( original spelling: The holy woman Kummerniß ) is a legend (ATU 706D ). She stood in the Children's and Household Tales of the Brothers Grimm only in the second part of the first edition of 1815 ( as No. 66) at point 152 (KHM 152a) and comes from Andreas Strobl Ovum paschale or Neugefärbte Easter Ayr from the 1700s.

Content

A virgin does not want to marry for piety. Her father wants to force. She asks God for a beard. She is crucified and a saint.

As a game man kneeling before her image, she drops a gold shoe. He is accused of stealing, but must once again to her. As soon as he plays the violin, also falls the second shoe. He is innocent.

Origin

Wilhelm Grimm took over the legend of Andreas Strobl. Later, the brothers Grimm published it in German Say as The Virgin with the beard (No. 330) by John Praetorius. The fairy tale researcher Hans -Jörg Uther wrote: The Legend of the grievance is first attested in 1200 Nostre Venus miracle Tumbeor Dame, Spielmann wonder even at the end of the 14th century in the Netherlands. It was, inter alia, poetically designed by Justinus Kerner ( The violinist to Gmünd, 1816). KHM 139 Dat Mäken of Brakel is a farce to like iconic myths. To the input action cf. KHM 65 Allerleirauh