The constellation
T311 Woman averse to marriage. (Cf. T321.1, T327.3.)
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Celibacy and continence · T310 entry
beneath it
- Woman's aversion to marriage motivated through a dream · T311.0.1 entry
- Flight of maiden (bridegroom) to escape marriage · T311.1 entry
- Woman prefers to remain chaste rather than keep an impotent husband. (Cf. T271.1.) · T311.2 entry
- Girl remains a virgin after both her suitors are killed in battle · T311.3 entry
- Maiden queen prefers to fight instead of marrying, but is at last conquered and married · T311.4 entry
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