μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Serpent damsel. Woman has serpent inside which comes out and kills her bridegrooms.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Other extraordinary human beings. · view the constellation · filed as F582.1

Filed across the traditions
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Type 507C
  • general BP III 490ff., 494
  • general *Liljeblad Tobiasgeschichte 259 s. v. "Schlangenmädchen"
Within the index

Filed under Poison damsel. Woman nourished on poison is fatal to her husbands. Sometimes the poisoning is from fatal look or breath, sometimes from intercourse.

Filed beside it
Man spews venom Venomous man

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