Beschrijving
Ehod mi yodea (One; Who Knows?). Religious (Jewish) song in which the numbers from one to twelve in sequence are associated with circumstances, beings and/or persons that have religious (theological) significance.
For example, in Catholic countries of western Europe (for Jews in Bohemia in the 16th century), the answers run as follows:
One God, two tablets of laws, three patriarchs, four evangelists (ancestral mothers), five clever virgins (books of Moses), six pitchers in Canaan (books of Mishna), seven sacraments (days of the week), eight beatitudes (days until circumcision), nine choirs of angels (months of pregnancy), ten commandments, eleven thousand virgins (stars), twelve apostles (races of Israel) (thirteen characteristics of God) [Z22]. Cf. Type 812 [H602.1.1].
For example, in Catholic countries of western Europe (for Jews in Bohemia in the 16th century), the answers run as follows:
One God, two tablets of laws, three patriarchs, four evangelists (ancestral mothers), five clever virgins (books of Moses), six pitchers in Canaan (books of Mishna), seven sacraments (days of the week), eight beatitudes (days until circumcision), nine choirs of angels (months of pregnancy), ten commandments, eleven thousand virgins (stars), twelve apostles (races of Israel) (thirteen characteristics of God) [Z22]. Cf. Type 812 [H602.1.1].
Motief
Z22
H602.1.1
Commentaar
Semitic and/or Indian origin, Rigveda (I,164). The Jewish Ehod has long been sung to music.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
2010
Subgenre
mop