Origin of pleasant and unpleasant women. Contest arranged by Virgin Mary – laughter forbidden for some time

Motif

Origin of pleasant and unpleasant women. Contest arranged by Virgin Mary – laughter forbidden for some time.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Ordering of human life. · Origin of mental and moral characteristics. · view the constellation · filed as A1372.7

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Legends No. 79.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of other special characteristics of women.

Filed beside it

Why women are prattlers Why women laugh much. When Eve sees her first child she laughs over its smallness Why women are roving Why women have a treble voice Why women are deceitful Why some women are good-looking Why women never have leisure. Because they refused to show God the way, saying they had no time Why women are subservient to men Why women keep washing themselves. St. Andrew, sent to get salt to keep people clean, gets drunk and forgets. There is only enough for men

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