Saint Kummernis

I was looking at Grimm’s Fairytales on Wikipedia and found a list of stories that are no longer included in the book.

This is the synopsis for one of the stories called “Die heilige Frau Kummernis” and I have no idea what the fuck it’s about.

Once upon a time, there was a princess who was very devoted to her religion. The virgin vowed to God that she would never marry anyone. Her father was opposed to that. Then she prayed to the God, wishing for a beard to grow on her face. Her prayer was answered, but the King decided to crucify her. She became a saint and people had placed her statue in a church.

One day, a poor musician knelt down to pray in front of the statue. The Saint was very happy and she gave him a golden boot. The musicians happily brought the boot home.

Later, however, a notice came out that one side of the golden boots had been missing. They found it on the musician and arrested him. The musician begged them to bring him to the church. As they arrived as the church, the Saint dropped the other side of the golden boot and showed his innocence. The musician was set free. The name of the Saint was Kummernis.

A beard. A beard. She prayed for a beard. And then gave some guy a boot.

Kudos to whoever wrote this entry.

*Alright so, the page for St. Wilgefortis (whom the story is based on) makes way more sense. She was locked in an unwanted marriage and prayed to be made repulsive, so God gave her a beard. As for the boot, a poor pilgrim was praying and it just fell off. Still, God gave her a beard. Not sure what the lesson is here.