μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

The nun who saw the world (Sister Beatrice). The Virgin takes the place of the nun in the nunnery while the latter is living a life of shame.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Deception by disguise or illusion. · Deception by substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K1841.1

Cited in the index
  • general *Type 770
  • general **Watenphul Die Geschichte der Marienlegende von Beatrix der Küstnerin (Neuwald, 1904)
  • general Toldo Zs. f. Vksk. XV 129ff.
  • general *Bolte ibid. XV 136
  • general *Gröber Beiträge zur romanischen und englischen Philologie, Festgabe für W. Förster 421ff.
  • general Ward II 659 No. 27, 723 No. 35, Herbert ibid. III 342
  • general Maeterlinck's S[oe]ur Beatrice
  • general *Wesselski Mönchslatein 46 No. 39
  • general Alphabet No. 468.
Within the index

Filed under The Virgin Mary substitutes for a mortal.

Filed beside it
Virgin substitutes in tournament. A knight hears masses so long that he absents himself from a tournament. The Virgin takes his place Virgin Mary substitutes for woman whom husband has pledged to the devil. Devil flees
Carried in tale types

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