Woman dies on hearing of her husband's death

Motif

Woman dies on hearing of her husband's death.

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Other extraordinary events. · view the constellation · filed as F1041.1.2.2

Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish mythCross
Icelandic*Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Death from grief for death of lover or relative.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Woman swoons and is near death at hearing of husband's or lover's death First woman in Ireland to die of grief for the death of her husband. (Cf. A1335, A1611.5.4.1.)Death from hearing of wife's death Death from hearing of son's (sons') death

Filed beside it

Lover dies beside dying sweetheart

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