Songs of Holy Mary

The three pieces of "Songs of Holy Mary" seems somewhat unreasonable to me. The first one is about a poor lady, hated by her mother-in-law so schemed to cheat with a moor slave but saved thanks to her sincere faith in Holy Mary. The second one is about a women sleeping with her own son and demon telling this to a King so the lady is almost executed but Holy Mary saving her. The last one is about a fetus almost killed in a sword fight in which his parents are killed but saved from his mother's faith in Holy Mary.

The first and the third story seems reasonable and effective in asking people for their beliefs in Jesus and Holy Mary. The lady from the first story is saved - accordingly to justice - and although his parents are killed in the sword fight, the fetus survives as his mother's last wish. To loyally serve purpose of the stories, they are rewarded for their faith. Also from the second story, the lady who slept with her own son is saved as well, from the same reason.

However, the moor servant from the first story, the lady and son from the second story are helped by Holy Mary in "wrong" manners. The moor servant, although it is not written whether or not he tries to resist against committing adultery, is burned to death for what he did as he is ordered as a servant. Even though he did not resist the mother-in-law's order, he has no choice as a servant. Therefore, it is not righteous to save only the lady. Also, as the story implies that there is no actual adultery but the moor simply lies with the lady, it is a misconception to order execution for both the servant and the lady.

From the second story, there is a confusion, even worse than one from the first story. Unlike common notion and definition of "devil," devil tells truth of the lady sleeping with own son. Although it is explained that he does so to see a true believer killed, what the devil does should be deemed exemplary. Along with devil acting as a protagonist, the lady pardoned for the adultery complicates the story even more. Although it is understandable that sincere faith in Holy Mary will override any punishment, it does not seem to be the most effective way to embrace solid Christianity.

In reality, the third story is probably the most reasonable and understandable story considering what virtues the Christianity and the Bible embrace. Although the pregnant lady is killed, her last wish is realized thanks to her faith and the baby grows up to be a healthy man. Though the last story is morally flawless in encouraging sincere belief, I think the first and second stories would have been better with some "modifications."