The constellation
K1227 Lover put off by deceptive respite
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- Humiliated or baffled lovers · K1210 entry
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- Lover put off till girl bathes and dresses. She escapes · K1227.1 entry
- Suitors put off till web is woven. Unwoven each night. (Penelope.) · K1227.2 entry
- Respite from wooer while he brings clothes all night. The girl wastes time trying them on · K1227.3 entry
- Girl asks undesired lover to take off his boots. She pulls off one partway and escapes · K1227.4 entry
- Woman leaves importunate lover waiting in her room. Feigns illness and then escapes · K1227.5 entry
- Girl asks undesired lover to follow her but not to step on her shadow · K1227.6 entry
- Girl says she has made vow not to marry until pilgrimage is made · K1227.7 entry
- Girl as umpire in suitor test (shooting arrows) escapes · K1227.8 entry
- Importunate lover kept overlong at supper: must leave · K1227.9 entry
- Escape from undesired lover by alleging menstrual period · K1227.10 entry