The constellation
T231 The faithless widow
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- Faithlessness in marriage · T230 entry
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- Faithless widow betrothed anew at husband's funeral · T231.1 entry
- Faithless widow fans husband's grave. She does not want to remarry until the body is cold (or the earth on the grave is dry) · T231.2 entry
- Faithless widow ready to marry messenger who brings news of husband's death. The husband, however, has only feigned death to test her. (Cf. T235.) · T231.3 entry
- Faithless widow's heartlessness repels the new suitor. She obeys him when he tells her to knock out the teeth of her dead husband. Fearing like treatment, he leaves · T231.4 entry
- Faithless widow marries slayer of husband · T231.5 entry