Beschrijving
Putting the Devil into Hell. An innocent young woman asks how she should serve God, and is told that she should avoid earthly pleasures. She goes into the wilderness where she finds a hermit and aks him what she must do to lead a pious life.
The hermit tells her about God’s greatest enemy, the devil, whom people who love God must send back down to hell. He tells her his penis is the devil, and that instead of a devil she has a hell. Thus she is seduced into helping him send the devil into hell, believing that this will serve God [K1363.1].
The hermit tells her about God’s greatest enemy, the devil, whom people who love God must send back down to hell. He tells her his penis is the devil, and that instead of a devil she has a hell. Thus she is seduced into helping him send the devil into hell, believing that this will serve God [K1363.1].
Motief
K1363.1
Commentaar
Literary traditions from the 13th century, see Boccaccio, Decamerone (III,10).
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1425
Subgenre
mop