Wood-nymph with breasts so long that she throws them over her shoulder. (Cf. F232.2, F460.1.2, G123.)

Motif

Wood-nymph with breasts so long that she throws them over her shoulder. (Cf. F232.2, F460.1.2, G123.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Vegetation spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F441.2.1.2

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic)The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation), Book 3, Canto 31

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.

DanishKristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 120ff., (1928) 90ff.
SwissJegerlehner Oberwallis 321 No. 58.

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Filed under Wood-nymph.

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Wood-nymph comes to the fire to warm Wood-nymph wooes and then deserts man Tree maidens bathe at midnight in lake

Travels with

Fairies have breasts long enough to throw over their shoulders Mountain-wife has breasts so long that she throws them over her shoulder. (Cf. F232.2, F441.2.1.2, F531.1.5.1, G123.)Remarkable breast. (Cf. F232.2, F441.2.1.2, F460.1.2, F531.1.5.1.)Giant ogress with breasts thrown over her shoulder

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