μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
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Filed under Tests of fidelity.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Lover's fidelity tested by going to bed with mistress and only kissingLover's fidelity tested by making love to maidLover's fidelity tested by substituting maid in mistress's bed at assignation. He must refuse herOld uncle tests nephew's fidelity by sleeping with his belovedHusband's (wife's) willingness to die for mate disappears when Death seems to arriveRose given by supernatural wife to husband when he leaves for home will shed as many petals as times he thinks of her
Filed beside it
Fidelity of servant testedTest of fidelity (loyalty) of guard. (Faithful unto death.)Test of fidelity by feigning deathTest of fidelity through submitting hero to temptationsTest of fidelity through offering suspected assassin opportunity to commit the murderTest of fidelity by feigning sleep in same bed as calumniated hero or alone in the forest with him

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