This paper investigates on a single motif embedded in the German version of the Three Good Brothers Charm: the oath on Mary's milk. The charm for wounds has a very rich manuscript tradition and an incredible number of different versions in several languages due to a (plausible) parallel oral tradition; however, although each manuscript seems to arrange the motif pattern in a different way, it is possible to trace a kind of recurring layout. The reiteration of Mary's milk in the different versions reveals a very old cultural tradition and a developing symbolic meaning of the Virgin in the Middle Ages.
Maria lactans and The Three Good Brothers. The German tradition of the charm and its cultural context.
CIANCI, ELEONORA
2012-01-01
Abstract
This paper investigates on a single motif embedded in the German version of the Three Good Brothers Charm: the oath on Mary's milk. The charm for wounds has a very rich manuscript tradition and an incredible number of different versions in several languages due to a (plausible) parallel oral tradition; however, although each manuscript seems to arrange the motif pattern in a different way, it is possible to trace a kind of recurring layout. The reiteration of Mary's milk in the different versions reveals a very old cultural tradition and a developing symbolic meaning of the Virgin in the Middle Ages.File in questo prodotto:
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