#tugend

[blumenwieserich]

Glück

Aristoteles Eudaimonia – eine Werbelogik um Philosophen zu gewinnen. Gut situiert. Mußevoll. Tugendhaft. Stolze Wandelhalle. Wandelhalle Stolzer. Ziel: eigenes Glück.

Jesus Makarios – ein Zuspruch für Benachteiligte, Unterdrückte. Lärm der Suchenden. Aufgeregtes Volk. Sehnsüchtige. Wirrer Alltag in Natur. Verwirrte Menschen um und um. Ziel: Segen für Mitmenschen.

(Nikomachische Ethik; Matthäusevangelium 5)

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[wortzentriert]

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[ireallylovelanguages]

(Un)Geduld

(Un)Geduld ist (k)eine Tugend.

[cuties-in-codices]

cain kills abel

in a manuscript copy of hans vintler's "blumen der tugend", tirol, c. 1424-26

source: Vienna, ÖNB, Cod. 13567, fol. 11r

[oldshowbiz]

Metro Goldwyn Meyer was disturbed to learn that Red Skelton's wife Edna had plagiarized his Guzzler's Gin routine from Fred Allen's writer Harry Tugend.

[fabiansteinhauer]

Stanley Fish

Stanley Fish ist ein entweder katholischer Name oder aber ein Künstlername. Wo Fleisch ist, da ist auch Fisch. Wo weder Fleisch noch Fisch ist, da sind Kraut und Rüben.

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Return to Me 2000

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[escapedaudios]

There's a (mostly) dead American Christmas tradition originating from rural southern Germany where a mysterious fur-clad figure known at the Belsnickel (aka Belznickel) visits your house and gives gifts to the virtuous and punishes the devilish with his birchwood whip. He's a much lesser-known folkoric Christmas figure than his German and Austrian cousins Knecht Ruprecht and Krampus, but I have a soft spot for him. He was once very popular in the Eastern United States as far north as Maine and as far south as South Carolina until Santa Claus fully took over around the 1920s. He's special to me, because he's one of the only Christmas figures that doesn't know if you've been naughty or nice, but instead plays games to test your character.

Once a year I dress up and visit a Christmas party, where the guests have to play Belsnickel's ten games. Some of the games are traditional German games, some are traditional German-American games from the 18th century, and some are my original creations. They evolve from year to year, since some games have twists and surprises that would be spoiled if revealed. You can play them too!

These are Belsnickel's Ten Games of Virtue, 2024 edition!

Game 1: Die Versuchung. Belsnickel's game of temptation.

Belsnickel arrives in the house and makes his introduction. As he does, he "accidentally" drops a treat on the floor while greeting the guests. If someone picks up the present and returns it to Belsnickel, they are rewarded by being allowed to keep the gift. If they try to steal the treat for themselves, they are whipped on the wrist and made to return the gift.

Game 2: Der Weisheitswettwerb. Belsnickel's Game of Wisdom.

Participants are invited to recite a wise proverb, quote, aphorism, or verse of religious scripture. Whoever impresses the Belsnickel the most with their wisdom gets an extra good present.

Game Three: Der Aufmerksamkeitstest.

Belsnickel's game of attention and memory. During his introduction, he taught the participants two German words. If they recite them correctly, they get a treat. If they do it incorrectly, they get whipped on the wrist.

Game Four: Die Frage der Tugend. Belsnickel's game of virtue.

Belsnickel invites the participants to tell of a time they showed great virtue since last Christmas. Belsnickel then choses the two best stories, and stops to ponder who should get the prize. If one of the two finalists recommends that their competitor should get the prize, they both get a prize. If they bicker and argue that they are the more vortuous one, they get whipped.

Game Five: Das Anschuldigungspiel. Belsnickel's Accusation Game.

In this game, participants may point out and accuse others of devilish behavior. The accused has sixty seconds to defend themselves. If they defend themselves, the accuser is whipped instead. At the end of the game, anyone who refused to make accusations is rewarded with a little treat.

Game Six: Das Lehrspiel. Teach Der Belsnickel.

Belsnickel wants to learn. He chooses a topic and everyone in the group is invited to share a compelling fact about that topic with him. The fact that fascinates him the most gets a reward!

Game Seven: Freude für das Monster. Cheer up Belsnickel

Belsnickel has some self esteem issues. He's one of the least popular Christmas figures. Cheer him up by telling him he's the best, specifically why he's better than Santa Claus and his rival Krampus. He'll reward whoever cheers him up and boosts his self esteem.

Game Eight: Bestraften oder Bestraft. Punish or Be Punished

In this game you may give up one of your gifts to have another player punished, whether or not they are guilty of anything. This only works a certain number of times though. After a random number of punishments, Belsnickel will punish you instead for targeting another participant.

Game Nine: Das Glückspiel. Belsnickel's Game of Chance.

Two relatively expensive and highly desirable treats are placed in the center of a table, and each participant is invited to wager one of their treats to participate in the game. They each split into groups of heads or tails, until everyone is eliminated expect for one finalist. The winner is offered the two treats, followed by the rest of the pile. Belsnickel then reminds them how great the starting prize was, and tells them he'd be very impressed with their virtue if the winner returned the other player's wagers to everyone else. If they return the wagers, they are praised, if they take them, their winnings come with a slap on the wrist from Belsnickel's birchwood whip.

Game Ten: Ein Samen zum Planten. Belsnckel's Seeds.

My version of Belsnickel loves pumpkins! He gives each participant a handful of pumpkin seeds to plant the following summer, with instructions to bring him a pumpkin next December. You get a great prize if you bring him a pumpkin! But beware, Belsnickel knows what cultivar of pumpkin you're growing with those seeds. If you cheat and bring him a pumpkin you didn't grow yourself, he'll know, and you'll be in big trouble!

Try playing Belsnickel's games! Also, can you guess which games are traditional, and which ones are part of my own personal tradition?

[medieval-margins]

It is June! It is Pride Month!

For this wonderful occasion we have created a brand new design:

This design features a mesh-up from two woodcuts from 'Das buoch der tugend' by Hans Vintler from 1486, displaying devils marrying two wonderful couples. The texts above reads 'love is love' in hand written calligraphy.

We are a two people design project and me, who is running this blog and our instagram, is a bisexual woman, so I really enjoyed creating this design :)

It is available in simple black, black with rainbow lettering, white and white with rainbow lettering!

Happy Pride!

Medieval Margins is a Norway based design project by medieval-excited HEMAists, combining art from real medieval manuscripts with hand-drawn calligraphy

PS: We also have stickers ;)

[grandseigneur]

Wie jede Blüte welkt und jede Jugend

Dem Alter weicht, blüht jede Lebensstufe,

Blüht jede Weisheit auch und jede Tugend

Zu ihrer Zeit und darf nicht ewig dauern.

Es muß das Herz bei jedem Lebensrufe

Bereit zum Abschied sein und Neubeginne,

Um sich in Tapferkeit und ohne Trauern

In andre, neue Bindungen zu geben.

Und jedem Anfang wohnt ein Zauber inne,

Der uns beschützt und der uns hilft, zu leben.

Wir sollen heiter Raum um Raum durchschreiten,

An keinem wie an einer Heimat hängen,

Der Weltgeist will nicht fesseln uns und engen,

Er will uns Stuf´ um Stufe heben, weiten.

Kaum sind wir heimisch einem Lebenskreise

Und traulich eingewohnt, so droht Erschlaffen;

Nur wer bereit zu Aufbruch ist und Reise,

Mag lähmender Gewöhnung sich entraffen.

Es wird vielleicht auch noch die Todesstunde

Uns neuen Räumen jung entgegen senden,

Des Lebens Ruf an uns wird niemals enden,

Wohlan denn, Herz, nimm Abschied und gesunde!

[thresholdbrook]

"Carol Dweck is a professor of psychology at Stanford University whose highly influential research has closely examined children’s reactions to mistakes. She found that children commended for being smart are often less willing to take chances than those praised for making a greater effort. When we applaud children for their intelligence, she said, “we tell them that this is the name of the game: Look smart, don’t risk making mistakes.”

What Dweck’s research showed is that whether or not we think we have the innate talent or skills to do something—as opposed to believing that in general we can work and improve ourselves in most areas—has a significant effect on how we view mistakes. Those who see their abilities as fixed, as innate and inflexible, are “entity” believers in psychological parlance, or as Dweck terms it, they have “fixed mindsets.” They fear mistakes because they think they are simply not smart or talented enough to do the task required and they learn to be defensive and foist blame on anything or anyone but themselves. Those who hold “incremental” beliefs, or in Dweck’s language, “growth mindsets,” see ability as a malleable quality and therefore believe that with enough effort they can overcome obstacles. They may not embrace mistakes, but they tend to see them more as part of the process of learning than as a reflection of their intelligence or abilities."

Better by Mistake - Alina Tugend

[cuties-in-codices]

devils officiating sinful weddings

in the didactic poem 'die pluemen der tugent' ('the flowers of virtue') by hans vintler, swabia, c. 1469

source: Gotha, Forschungsbibl. der Universität Erfurt, Cod. Chart. A 594, fol. 73v and 75r