Middle High German · AI translation
Wiener Physiologus (Jüngerer Physiologus)
English for the 2 passages of this work that the Atlas of Ancient Myth, Magic in the Ancient Texts and a study of demons and angels quote or cite, and which the library holds in no published English. The numbers are the edition's own references.
138r.9–138v.8
der rohente lewe. und suochet wen
the roaring lion, and seeks whom
er verswelhen mege.
he may devour.
diu affinne habet
The she-ape has
ouch des tiuveles
also the devil's
bilede. siu habet
likeness. She has
houbet unde
a head and
nehabet aber
has, however,
zageles nieht. doch si vorne übele getân
no tail. Though she is ill-made in front,
sî. siu ist hinden micheles wirs
behind she is much worse
getân. dô der tiuvel hêrester engel
made. When the devil was the highest angel
was. in den himelen. dô habete er
in the heavens, then he had
gewisse houbet. want er aber trügenære
certainly a head; but because he was a deceiver
und unküstic was. dô verlôs
and wicked, he lost
er daz houbet. und nehabete zageles
the head, and had no tail's
trôst. als er von himele verstôzener
comfort. As he, thrust out of heaven,
verloren wart. sô wirdet er ouch
was lost, so he will also
zejungeste verdamnet. mit allen die
be damned at the last, with all who
ime volgent. alsô sancte Paulus quat.
follow him, as St Paul said:
got almehtic der erslehet in. mit
'God almighty will slay him with
deme geiste sînes mundes.
the spirit of his mouth.'
156r.12–156v.12
ein mist der von ime vert. der ist
a dung that comes from it; that is
zeden tunkelen ougen vile guot.
very good for dim eyes.
mit diseme vogele mac man bekennen
By this bird one can tell
ob der sieche man ersterben oder
whether the sick man will die or
genesen schol. ober sterben schol.
recover. If he is to die,
sô kêret sich der caradrius von ime.
the caladrius turns away from him.
ob er aber genesen schol. sô kêret sich
But if he is to recover, then
der vogel zuo deme manne und
the bird turns towards the man and
tuot sînen snabel über des mannes
puts its beak over the man's
munt. und nimet des mannes
mouth, and takes the man's
unkraft an sich. sâr vert er
weakness upon itself. At once it flies
ûf zuo der sunnen. unde liuteret
up to the sun and purifies
sich dâ. sô ist der man sâr
itself there. Then the man is at once
The whole original: ReM 2.1 at Zenodo (open M157).