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