Genoveva (English spelling)

Japanese: ゲノベーバ（英語表記）Genoveva

A faithful and devout woman who appears in early modern German "Volk Books" and Grimm's "Legends." While her husband, a count, was away at war, she was approached by the house sitter, but when she refused, she was instead accused of adultery. She narrowly escaped death and lived in the forest with her (her husband's) infant child for six years and three months. When she was seen by the count, who was out hunting guided by a mysterious deer, all suspicions were cleared, but she was called to heaven shortly after. It is said that the Church of Our Lady was built in the forest in the Bishopric of Trier. It was probably originally a lucky tale.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

近世ドイツの〈民衆本〉やグリムの《伝説集》に登場する貞節で信心深い女性。夫の伯爵が出征中に留守居役に言い寄られ，拒んだため，かえって不義密通の讒訴（ざんそ）を受ける。辛うじて一命を救われ森の中でいたいけな(夫の)子と暮らすこと6年3ヵ月，不思議な鹿の導きで狩りに出た伯爵の目にふれ，疑いはすべて晴れるが，その命はほどなく天に召される。トリール司教領の森の地に聖母教会が建てられたという。元は縁起譚の類であろう。

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