I'm going to post the pictures of my notes, therefore these notes will just be general notes about the story as a whole that are more complicated than inline notes. There seems to be a running theme of virtuous women being baren in these stories. Although Bertha isn't exactly virtuous, she is naive, which implies innocence. Another difference is that Bertha is the object of the title character's affections, while the barren woman in "The Myrtle Girl" was the mother figure. Speaking of the object... the title of the story is named for the male. However, most of the story consists of Bertha's narrative. Actually, the whole story is Bertha's not Eckbert. Eckbert seems to be happenstanced upon. The fact that Bertha is the object of Eckbert's affections automatically places her into a particular archetype. Don't even get me started on the fact that he believes that her story is his to reveal. He takes on the burden of "the darkest corn...
Eckbert Bright edge or edge of the sword citation: https://www.behindthename.com/name/egbert The definition of fair means "in accordance with the rules and standards; legitimate." It also means light-haired. so... on the surface, Eckbert is fair because he has "short ash-blond hair" (Tieck 16). But on a deeper level and concealed within the story, Eckbert is the legitimate child of his parents, versus the illegitimacy of his sister/wife Bertha. Harz Mountains Those who know of the Harz Mountains would know of the connotation of the location. Myths include stories of witches and mystical creatures. Citation: https://en.harzinfo.de/things-to-see-do/pure-culture/harz-myths.html note on Tieck 16 Birch trees in Celtic culture, the birch is related to growth and stability and adaptability because of its hardiness. need citation other than Wikipedia Gaelic folklore: death, fairies, returning from the grave need citation other than...