Origin of celibacy

Motif

Origin of celibacy.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Origin of customs. · Origin of customs of courtship and marriage. · view the constellation · filed as A1556.2

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Literary Crystallization The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise , Paradise 10
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXXVII XXXVII. Oriental Religions in the West
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 1, Section C
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 12, Section CX
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 12, Section CXCI

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Legends No. 109.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of sexual restrictions.

Filed beside it

Beginning of law against rape Origin of adultery. It occurs in the primeval human family Origin of jus primae noctis

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